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		My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kurt Vile
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dana Carvey
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
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		We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sam Brownback
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I don't recommend this, but my dad - to help us get through the winter, he bought a kerosene heater, and he had it in the kitchen so that the furnace wouldn't have to kick off.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chris Gibson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations, and she said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and ask him for help.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brian Herbert
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		With 'The Sixth Sense,' my dad and I discussed how this was not so much a horror story as a story about communication. I understudied with my dad, in a sense. It made a huge difference.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Haley Joel Osment
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Queen Latifah
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's been times when I've had heartbreaking moments and I'm like, 'I can't believe you said that,' or 'I can't believe you did that'. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it'll always hurt, but I've never had somebody that I truly cared about just walk out on me, whether it was a boyfriend, or an aunt, mom or dad.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Shailene Woodley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Damien Chazelle
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eddy Cue
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Fred Armisen
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lee Westwood
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brad Pitt
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When mom and dad were at the height of their careers, and things were super-crazy, and they couldn't leave their houses, there wasn't social media. It was all about autographs. Now, everyone's the press. I feel fame is perforated: it can be glorious, but it can completely destroy a human, too.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dakota Johnson