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		My father was a Republican and he hated Roosevelt. And that's sort of been the battle of my life, I think. You have to understand I grew up a Republican conservative. I hated Castro. And I put my money where my mouth was because I went to war, but I understood pretty quickly that this was another place, another culture and we would never fit in there.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Oliver Stone
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mother Teresa
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Thanks to my mother, people tell me I look younger than I am, especially without make-up. And I suppose my father had a part in making me more frugal with my money.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dita Von Teese
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We lived out in the middle of nowhere - the most random places - because of my father's work. We spent a lot of time in the car on long drives, just to get anywhere. We listened to oldies rock on the car radio, and the most-played group on oldies rock radio is the Beatles.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Gourley
			
			
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		Both my parents died on the young side. My father was 45, and my mother was 61, so cancer's affected me in a big way.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kevin Connolly
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lou Doillon
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zoe Wanamaker
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barbara Park
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bill Griffith
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I want to be able to experience everything. I want to experience being a husband, experience being a father, experience, maybe, hopefully, someday being a grandfather, and all those things. I want that experience. When I die, I want to be exhausted.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bryan Cranston
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Baseball began early for me. When I was 5, my father took two Little League bats and put them on a lathe. He whittled them down and sanded the bats so they were the proper size for my brother and me. He began by throwing tennis balls to us. Eventually, we practiced hitting and fielding at a field near our house.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Keith Hernandez
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My father lived life to the fullest, even though it was cut short at a young age in 1962. He was known for his intelligence, wit, wisdom, a wonderful sense of humour, a great personality, and a genuine goodwill towards all.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ajay Mehta