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		I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kat Dennings
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I think my husband and dad were both very happy that I had a baby boy, to get some testosterone in the family, because there are a lot of girls. It's not a perfect family, but it's a strong family. The nice thing is how the different ages interact.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jade Jagger
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dierks Bentley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I didn't always want to be a dad.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Liam Gallagher
			
			
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		I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barry Bonds
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My mother died when I was 12, and right after, my dad died in a car crash. I was 15 and had no family. The court sent me to live with my uncle and aunt in Missouri.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Karolyn Grimes
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		It was tough times in Ohio when we lived there. My dad was between unemployed and just selling random knickknacks at a flea market. My mom was a cashier at a Chinese food restaurant. They both had awesome careers back in Taiwan, and they came here for my sister and I.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chieh Huang
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I definitely had a weird thing of being attracted to older men. Never my family friends, never my dad's friends.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Alia Shawkat
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I do have an occasional temper - I sort of inherited my dad's short fuse.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Princess Eugenie of York
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anthony Hopkins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				D. B. Sweeney
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anthony Santos
			
			
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		When I was a kid, my dad used to take me out to the race track, and so many formative experiences have to do with associations like that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Milch
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ben Roethlisberger
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		As a child, I didn't see my dad that much because he was always working at the restaurant. He became pretty jaded after working at the restaurant for so long.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				David Chang
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Pink
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's a lot of influences that I have from Detroit that are subliminal. I mean, I spent the first 10 years of my life there. My mom and dad were born and raised there, so a lot of that rubbed off on me. When I get angry, sometimes a Detroit accent comes out.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lizzo
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Katheryn Winnick