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I will follow in my father's footsteps. My father set the bar very high. He was a wonderful lead... JIGME KHESAR NAMGYEL WANGCHUCK
I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footst... IMAN
I was a Yankee fan in Brooklyn because my father was a Yankee fan. And my father was required to liv... RUDY GIULIANI
I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and thi... PETER MAYLE I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love sto...
TED DEMME My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him a...
P. L. TRAVERS It's very special. Stevie has been the guy that's been my mentor all throughout my career. He made b...
LAWRENCE SAMUELS
I had a Jewish grandfather. We managed to hide this fact from the authorities by falsifying document... HELMUT SCHMIDT
It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that ... DAWN FRENCH
I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But ... IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM He was there for everyone, and he would help till the ends of the earth. I would never change a thin...
FANNY HARVEY I was taught by my father. He was head of the primary school so I went to his school until I was 11 ...
AMANDA BURTON But then Mikhail told us something that stunned us even more - the reason the picture was so importa...
BOB LAY My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boa...
JACK DAVENPORT
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, h... GREGG ALLMAN
My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything... JOHN MARSHALL
There was no escaping his crown. Or his father, who would behead Sorscha, burn her, and scatter her ... SARAH J. MAAS I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was ...
TONY SHALHOUB He said, 'Joe, you're ready to manage. Go,' ... That meant a lot to me, because it was like a father...
JOE GIRARDI my father...there was never any mistaking his love for me. When I walked into the room, his eyes lit...
ERIC RIPERT
My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and... ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF I was amazed at how good his hips were, and he already knew how to do all the throws. I was excited.
JAKE SHULAW He did very well there, and I wanted to see my other son follow his footsteps.
SHARON MOORE I was able to follow in his footsteps. It was nice to see the wind calm down so we could make some b...
CHAD CAMPBELL 38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa...
JAMES C. DOBSON It was a great privilege for me and my teammates to follow in the footsteps of sporting greats like ...
MA LONG I used to see my dad and his brothers rhyming, and I knew I wanted to do that one day. I'm like ...
ROMEO MILLER I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mu...
NATASHA RICHARDSON He came in at a good time because we were struggling and then he just shows up. He was a bigger kid ...
DARRYL ADAMS My father was not going to let me take over the business just because I was his son.
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
My father died when I was young, and my mother, Ruth, went to work in an office selling theater and ... ALAN FURST Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was...
WAYNE NEWTON I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I rememb...
CAMERON MACKINTOSH
My father looked right at me, but he didn't answer. And his eyes were dazed and staring through me, ... JODI PICOULT I try to follow in his footsteps. When I was little, I looked up to him. I wanted to be like him.
TIM BISHOP
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an h... JO NESBO I was one of the guys that understood that if I was in his position and my school wanted me, it woul...
BEN UTECHT
I never considered the clothing business in college. But my father was a manufacturer of men's w... GEORGE ZIMMER Smith stated that he was a 'pig,' that all the drugs were for himself and that he was aware of the p...
FRANK LOMBARDO I joined Hadassah because I knew they did wonderful work, ... My own father was a physician and buil...
DIANE ROSS
My father had a brilliant scholastic record in high school and was awarded a college scholarship. Un... TONY VISCONTI And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him k...
BIBLE He was a very stern man, referred to me as his boy. I was his star pupil and he was my mentor.
J. LOREN WINCE He's a ham. He could follow in his sister's footsteps.
LINDA HANNA When I was 20, I was living in the Alps, snowboarding and studying political science. I blew out my ...
CARY FUKUNAGA My father was kind of a local pillar of the community, a high-school teacher and football coach. He ...
WILLIAM BALDWIN As I was being born my father claims that he was playing his fiddle/violin to soothe my mother and w...
FAIRUZA BALK
My mother was a very good violinist; my father was a musicologist and spent most of his life in acad... PETE SEEGER Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids...
PIPER PERABO
You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and b... GABBY DOUGLAS I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.
MARINA WARNER
My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable... JOYCE MEYER My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He work...
BILL O'REILLY
I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father a... RENE AUBERJONOIS I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my f...
BARBARA PARK
I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I though... CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United State... HENRY LOUIS GATES
My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfat... AZZEDINE ALAIA I was trying to put my nose in the back of his jersey and just follow him wherever he was going. I g...
KYLE MACGILLIS I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had ju...
LA'PORSHA RENAE On the day I was born, or possibly on one of the following days, my father went on a walk in the for...
IMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY
My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave not... DOROTHY FIELDS I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during th...
LUPITA NYONG'O I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the...
RANDY BACHMAN He was a little of both. I didn't know much in those days, because it was only my third film. I was ...
ROBERT WISE
My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to ... KING GEORGE V
I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfat... PETE SEEGER
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang... MINDY KALING
There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
... MORTIMER COLLINS
[Jennings, a high school dropout known for his handsome face and urbane delivery on World News Tonig... TED KOPPEL
The outstanding thing about my father to me anyway was just what a good and decent person he was. He... RON REAGAN
Dad often told me, 'My job is to help my boss do his job and make him look good.' That was m... LYLE LOVETT
He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic. NICOLAS BENTLEY
Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unus... ANTHONY HOROWITZ I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was pr...
LEO KOTTKE
I hit rock bottom before I even went there. Actually, prison was the rescue mission that God had put... EL DEBARGE He (Rodgers) was a good man. He was just out of school at Ohio University and he was obviously the b...
FRANK ROBEY
My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... TRACY MORGAN He was in class the first day with his collar on. That was the miracle part for me, three weeks and ...
DEAN THORN My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a prin...
JOE ESZTERHAS
I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to ... ROMA DOWNEY I know that he was very intelligent. He was as good in school as he was in sports. He was very good ...
MARTIN BRIERE He used to let me bring his ring to school and show it to my friends. I couldn't wear it on my finge...
JODIE WHITE
My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection fo... DAVID OGDEN STIERS
My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 yea... WALTER MOSLEY When I was a teenager, my stern and meticulous father, whom I regarded as well-spirited of his disce...
JECON B. NADELA My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end.
FERNANDO ALVARE The reason why I found acting is because my father passed away. He passed away really young. I was g...
ADEPERO ODUYE You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his educati...
ANNA BARBAULD
You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his educati... ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Because you’re very special, Brynne.”
“How special, Ethan?” I whispered because I was ...
RAINE MILLER
I was taken out of school by my dad when I was 11 and lived in Mexico City, then later in Paris. I w... MICHAEL HEIZER
I wasn’t aware of just how close he’d moved to me until now. So many details came into focus. Th... RICHELLE MEAD My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called...
ED BRADLEY
Keeping with our family tradition of sending their children abroad for a couple of years, and aware ... MARIO J. MOLINA I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and...
JAMIE WYETH I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about ...
SOPHIE B. HAWKINS Gunmen warned my father to close his real estate agency, threatening to kill him because they regard...
ALI OMAR
