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" So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued. "

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" Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. "

" Young men are obsessed with their dads, and they remain obsessed if the dad is not around. Remember that there was a lot of discussion about how George W. Bush might have invaded Iraq to atone for the failures of his dad. "

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Michael Douglas

" One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitchen table with my dad. That dominant male figure set me up for being confident to express myself with precision and persuasion. "

" Thank God I have parents who'd support the crazy things I did. If my dad found a snake, I'd take it to the woods. I was always taking these homeless birds and homeless cats home. "

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

" I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. "

" When I was younger, I had terrible skin... my mother has terrible skin. Male-pattern hair loss is starting to come in... my dad is bald. It's so unfair; my brother's tall, has perfect skin, great hair, but I'm like the runt. "

" I'm going to take care of the man I'm with. I grew up in a household where my mum takes care of my dad - she cooks, she does everything - and that's the kind of girl I am. "

Nicole Scherzinger

" My Vocation is my Vacation. I love what I do. "

" Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt. "

" I try not to spend too much time with regret, although I wish I'd had more hang time with my dad. "

Woody Harrelson

" I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. "

" My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble. "

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" I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life. "

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" I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father. "

Orson Scott Card

" I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. "

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" Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese. "

" The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which my dad fought, was 'Remember Pearl Harbor, never again.' We need to keep that to mind. "

" I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what is it that leads girls certain directions in life. I think a lot of that goes back to what kind of father they had, and so it makes me want to be the best dad I can possibly be. "

" I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act. "