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" When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming. "

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Brett Kavanaugh

" I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun. "

" I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts. "

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" I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War. "

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" To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard. "

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" Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything. "

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