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ALBERT BROOKS Dad often told me, 'My job is to help my boss do his job and make him look good.' That was m... LYLE LOVETT A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a ... ADAM SHANKMAN I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make w... OLIVIA THIRLBY My dad is my dad, but he's not there physically anymore. But she lets me call her 'Dad' ... KENDALL JENNER When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a h... CAROL ANN DUFFY I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others... JERRY GARCIA I'm blessed to have a dad who's always there for me and a mom who's always there for me,... TIFFANY TRUMP In many ways, playing a real person is slightly easier because you have a road map. When you're ... RUTH NEGGA A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job ... BLANKA VLASIC Robert Sandler is a child who died when he was three years old, and he is a child who was the first ... SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.'... CLARENCE THOMAS My dad's an artist, and my grandfather paints - he's not a painter; my grandfather's a b... BRETT DALTON I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately tha... ISAAC HANSON When the insane people start the chatter, there's no way to win that fight. It's literally l... JENNIFER KONNER When he entered the anteroom, two women looked up at him. One was Miss Robertson, the governor's sec... GEORGE P. ELLIOTT People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic hap... 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