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RAFAEL NADAL The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone.
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He is quite incredible - it made me think a bit about me winning the French Open at 17 and how profe...
MICHAEL CHANG It was an emotional night, an extraordinary moment, ... I wish Dad was there to touch and feel the s...
CAL RIPKEN Pro was excited about the letter, ... Was it unexpected? Probably. When his dad came in the room he ...
MIKE SHULA My dad was 16, and Liberace was 17. They were both finalists. My dad was a humble guy, but he was al...
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GEORGE STEPHEN I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. I...
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When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." M...
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The Dumas memoirs - which I also discovered when I was a kid - had a big impact on me.
TOM REISS My mother had a heart attack when she was about 50. My uncle died of a heart attack at 58. Both of m...
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When you have to walk further, wherever it might be, I beg you, never to go alone anymore. I think t...
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The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I al...
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Buddy had a huge impact on that team. He was maybe the key element in that organization.
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The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we ...
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I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deep...
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When my dad died, it was like everything felt really shaky, you know? And trying to be the best I co...
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I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Lit...
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STEVEN ADAMS I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is em...
HUGH GRANT I think he was surprised when I made my move. He probably thought I wouldn't do it.
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BEN BRAUN I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at socce...
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It has had a tremendous impact on my life, more than on the life of most Prize winners, because I wa...
JOHN FORBES NASH, JR. I knew he was playing well, ... But on 17 when he made double bogey, it went my way.
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I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs -- when I was 17 -- that I realized I was talki...
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I think I have had so much blessing - I've had my brother, who was brilliant - I think my family...
MAYA ANGELOU
KAROLYN GRIMES I think that was when dad first realized how serious my twin brother and myself were of learning the...
REX RYAN I think I said something mean when I was little, and my mother snapped on me. I was just like, '...
CRAIG ROBINSON I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for...
GARY NUMAN That was the very lowest point in my life. I just couldn't stop crying. ... My dad got his dentures ...
BERNADETTE PEREZ With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure t...
JACQUES VILLENEUVE
I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' w... BOB DIAMOND
My mother's husband died when I was 4, and I thought he was my dad until I was 15 and found out that... ORLANDO BLOOM So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a hug...
DUNCAN SHEIK
My dad has a huge vinyl collection downstairs, but I was never too interested. The only CD I had was... PATRICK FUGIT
When I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of... MERYL STREEP When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the gian...
JIM JARMUSCH
Honey, I was 17 when I met him. But I was the last one to see him before he died because we stayed f... LIZA MINNELLI
I think they’ll probably put that on my gravestone. ‘He Was Heterosexual and Had Low Expectation... CASSANDRA CLARE I have a strong memory of the day I was told that my father had a weak heart and that he had to go t...
ALAN J. HEEGER My principal once told me that I was a penny waiting for change. But I suspect that I irritated him ...
GG ALLIN
It was not until I was over twenty that I realised that my home standard had been unusually high and... AGATHA CHRISTIE
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge... KURT RUSSELL I also did a record because, as I've said, music has had such a huge impact on me all my life, and m...
LISA MARIE PRESLEY
I was crushing on my mentor. Crushing on my older mentor. I had to be out of my mind. He was ... RICHELLE MEAD My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 ye...
DAMON WAYANS, JR. I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was ...
EDDIE MARSAN
When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be someone who I am I foun... PAULO COELHO She hugged me and she was crying really hard, more than I was. She was a little sick today and she t...
IVICA KOSTELIC When I was in the army, there were four times that I was wounded. I also got more than 30 wounds on ...
NGUYEN TAN DUNG When I was 14, my dad came home one day and told us he had cancer. It was looking pretty bad. And I ...
JEFFREY SKOLL
I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life. JENNIFER ANISTON The car thing was rough. When the car broke down and we had to spend that money, I think, psychologi...
HEATHER DEXTER
The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents... LADY GAGA I was on paper earning more money and having more success than I'd ever had. And it was also the...
DAMIEN RICE When I was 17, I was always hanging out with the older kids, and a lot of times, the kids that gradu...
TRISTAN WILDS He got me started in the game and I know he wanted me to play. There's more pressure on me this week...
WOODY AUSTIN My dad was in the Indian Army. He died in a terrorist attack in Kashmir in 1994. After that, my mum ...
NIMRAT KAUR I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a b...
TROIAN BELLISARIO When I learned that, I knew it was a sign that he was OK and happy and had died doing what he loved.
IDA TINGUELY I was just four when a hired teenage field hand attempted to molest me. Miraculously, I got away, an...
CAROLYN BYERS RUCH
My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending mo... CLINT EASTWOOD
My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger p... B. B. KING I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he ha...
CHRIS ISAAK Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
RANDY HARRISON
I've always had a fighter's spark in me. I was born with it. I think it's in my blood. NICOLE SCHERZINGER
I never modeled myself after anyone. The person who had most influence on me was my mother, but it w... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG The stark, pedestrian images used by filmmakers (probably out of financial necessity) expressed noth...
CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was makin... AARON KOBLIN
I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shat... JOAN LINGARD My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.
MADI DIAZ
I guess my name was gonna be Michael Vernon Wells, and I came out, and my dad saw my nose. He always... VERNON WELLS
When I was a child, I had wax in my ears. Dad didn't take me to the doctor, he used me as a nigh... LES DAWSON
The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis. TANITH LEE
Pressure affected us both, and I think probably, with everything that has been said, he had more pre... RAFAEL NADAL The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone.
DANNY GLOVER
My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent. KARAN JOHAR
He is quite incredible - it made me think a bit about me winning the French Open at 17 and how profe... MICHAEL CHANG It was an emotional night, an extraordinary moment, ... I wish Dad was there to touch and feel the s...
CAL RIPKEN Pro was excited about the letter, ... Was it unexpected? Probably. When his dad came in the room he ...
MIKE SHULA My dad was 16, and Liberace was 17. They were both finalists. My dad was a humble guy, but he was al...
BARBARA WAGNER When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writi...
GEORGE STEPHEN I got my first instrument at Christmas when I was three or four. My dad and mom got me a mandolin. I...
CHORD OVERSTREET It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and cre...
CAMILLA BELLE
I was a huge Spice Girls fan when I was a kid. When I was younger I had a Spice Girls poster on my w... VINNY GUADAGNINO When we were kids, I know when I saw 'Pinocchio' it had a huge impact. I was ten years old, ...
RON CLEMENTS
When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." M... KIRAN DESAI I think there is a lot of stuff that makes me blush. I think probably the most humiliating thing was...
JULIA BASKIN I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I le...
ABBEY CLANCY Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I...
TATUM O'NEAL
The Dumas memoirs - which I also discovered when I was a kid - had a big impact on me. TOM REISS My mother had a heart attack when she was about 50. My uncle died of a heart attack at 58. Both of m...
JOY BEHAR
When you have to walk further, wherever it might be, I beg you, never to go alone anymore. I think t... GIGI SEDLMAYER
The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I al... HUGH HEFNER
Buddy had a huge impact on that team. He was maybe the key element in that organization. BILL WALSH
The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we ... STELLA MCCARTNEY It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and...
CAMILLA BELLE
My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major ... MICHELLE BRANCH When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated...
DAVID ALAN GRIER
I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deep... ROBERT WINSTON
When my dad died, it was like everything felt really shaky, you know? And trying to be the best I co... SARAH DESSEN
I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Lit... PRIYANKA CHOPRA He was signing a lot of autographs and doing a lot of interviews. But when he finally came out of th...
KEVIN KELLY
I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack ... JOHN LYDON My brothers bullied me, so I cried a lot as a kid. It was the only defense I had. Telling them to st...
STEVEN ADAMS I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is em...
HUGH GRANT I think he was surprised when I made my move. He probably thought I wouldn't do it.
JOSH TEEPLES That was a huge swing psychologically.
BEN BRAUN I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at socce...
CARL HAGELIN
I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's na... TIM BURTON So many people got us through the loss, ... Certainly beginning with family on all sides, tremendous...
MARY BONO
Marty was an extraordinary person. Of all the boys I had dated, he was the only one who really cared... RUTH BADER GINSBURG My dad does watch my work now. My parents watch everything I'm on. I think the first time they s...
KENNETH CHOI
I had a dream that my dad passed away and that Jesus came into the room and he was basically knockin... RUSSELL WILSON I think he has a chance to be really good. I was probably more impressed in person than I was on tap...
RAY GIACOLETTI
When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts... CHLOE SEVIGNY Am I 53 or 54? I think I'm 54. I was born in 1941. So this year I'll be 55.
CHARLES KEATING
I went through a lot of changes and a period of depression. I'd reached an age when I had to gro... GIANLUIGI BUFFON When my parents died, they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases, one b...
STEPHEN FURST Probably the most formative experience was reading the 'Foundation' trilogy when I was about...
TED CHIANG
It has had a tremendous impact on my life, more than on the life of most Prize winners, because I wa... JOHN FORBES NASH, JR. I knew he was playing well, ... But on 17 when he made double bogey, it went my way.
RETIEF GOOSEN
I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs -- when I was 17 -- that I realized I was talki... ALLEN GINSBERG His dad died when my dad was in his second year on a football scholarship at the University of Wisco...
GLORIA LEE
I think I have had so much blessing - I've had my brother, who was brilliant - I think my family... MAYA ANGELOU
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence. 
If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your bes... 
Loss leaves us empty - but learn not to close your heart and mind in grief. Allow life to replenish ... 