All my adult life I have been searching for the right adjective to describe my father's peculiarly aggressive comic style. I recently settled on 'defamatory.'
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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I haven't been watching any TV recently because I've been on the road, but I am an avid '... ELIZA DOOLITTLE I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. EDWARD SNOWDEN My life has never been defined as Roland Martin, CNN; Roland Martin, TVOne; or Roland Martin, 'T... ROLAND MARTIN Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's dis... CORETTA SCOTT KING I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, act... ELIZABETH GILBERT I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided ... B. B. KING I've been watching 'Dexter' recently; I love that show. It's my favorite. STEVEN R. MCQUEEN I've been told I have an aggressive driving style. ADAM FERRARA I don't really know how to describe my personal style. BLAKE LIVELY I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with m... BARBARA CORCORAN About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I describe my personal style as 'mythic space horse with chocolate box tendencies.' GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE My father was a military attache, so I've been traveling all my life. EDGAR RAMIREZ I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health reg... KATE O'MARA Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it&... DAVE LOMBARDO I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they ... BILL BRYSON My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life.... APOLO OHNO I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe m... MARION COTILLARD I've been a Colt for almost all of my adult life, but I guess in life, and in sports, we all kno... PEYTON MANNING I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always ... PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER I've always suffered from being labelled a horror writer - just because I didn't go to unive... JAMES HERBERT My style is dependent on my moods, so I feel like it's all over the place. SHANTEL VANSANTEN I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through fles... ED WESTWICK I've always been a fan of my father's films. I'm crazy about my father and his movies. I... DULQUER SALMAAN All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on. IRA SACHS I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life... SIDNEY POITIER My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist. TAYLOR MOMSEN I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years... BART STUPAK I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's b... STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST Style is innate to who I am. My father gave me a picture the other day. I must have been about seven... DYLAN MCDERMOTT I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my w... BIPASHA BASU There's definitely been moments in my life, even recently, where I've taken chances or spoke... TIG NOTARO I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life. SHARON STONE Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studie... CHRISTY TURLINGTON I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it... ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it&... ALISON BECHDEL I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle. TATUM O'NEAL I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's ... IKE TURNER Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been ... AYRTON SENNA Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but... DESMOND DEKKER My parents have influenced my fashion choices. I inherited many of their older garments, and I like ... ELIZABETH JAGGER Television and comic books are, and continue to be, probably the biggest influence in my life. It... GENE SIMMONS I do think the Obama agenda is the furthest left agenda we've seen since probably LBJ and the Gr... SAM BROWNBACK I have my granddad's record collection, which I treasure, and my father's - Rolling Stones t... ALAINA HUFFMAN I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many ... B. B. KING I am grateful for my father's legacy. I am grateful to have found out who my real friends are. I... GRACE POE I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the ... JUDITH JAMISON I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adul... PENELOPE CRUZ Since the day I was born, wrestling has sustained me and my family. It's the way my father fed m... EDDIE GUERRERO Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don... SHANIA TWAIN I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from t... ASHTON SHEPHERD Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN My goal all along has just been to work and support myself. I've been really lucky to walk away ... ANNA KENDRICK Honestly, I have been able to accept my father's new relationship because you get to that point ... ELLA WOODWARD I've keep every comic I've bought in my life. I used to be obsessive about boarding and bagg... DAVID DASTMALCHIAN As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life. DAVID CASSIDY Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how I'd describe my style. ALICE TEMPERLEY For me, it took five years to understand what professionalism meant. But I'm more settled now. I... BRIAN O'DRISCOLL I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister cal... CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these g... JACK ANDERSON My publisher's been shipping me to comic-cons, and it seems that my readership overlaps perfectl... CHUCK PALAHNIUK In my life, I'm just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart;... JOHNATHON SCHAECH I can't even give my father a proper gift. Every single Father's Day means so much to me. I&... KYRIE IRVING I love Spain. It's my favorite country that I've been to and I've traveled quite a bit. ... BITSIE TULLOCH I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corn... FIONA DOURIF I get really flowery and verbose in my adult books, but I don't think I dumb down my Y.A. It'... GAIL CARRIGER One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly g... ANDRE DUBUS III I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've be... YAYOI KUSAMA You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that'... CHARLES OLSON In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's... KELIS I don't think my background in Zambia has really affected my lens because my classical training ... DAMBISA MOYO I'm aggressive, quite frankly, because Staten Island gets screwed all the time. And if I'm n... MICHAEL GRIMM I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - ... WAYNE DYER My hair has been this chapter thing for me. In 'Jem,' I have blue hair. 'Insidious,'... HAYLEY KIYOKO I've got a Kanji symbol on my shoulder; it's for my son and means 'strength and power.... REY MYSTERIO I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled... CHIEF JOSEPH Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before o... CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don... JELLY ROLL MORTON I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the be... INARA GEORGE Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. ... TYGA I've been a conservative my whole life. There is nothing hard-right or far-right about anything.... DAVE BRAT My mother was murdered by my step-father, my brother's father, who was also named Joel, twenty-f... NATASHA TRETHEWEY That's my parenting style - 'Go watch the TV.' I'm one of 11 children, and my mother... STEPHEN COLBERT All my life, I've been right next to a football field. I never knew nothing else. BOBBY BOWDEN He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wa... JUNE CARTER CASH All my editors since Malcolm Cowley have had instructions to leave my prose exactly as I wrote it. I... JACK KEROUAC
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