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SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says:... DIRK NOWITZKI It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so w... ZOEY DEUTCH My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he... ALESSANDRA TORRESANI Ice Cube's the coolest dad. A lot of parents - a lot of kids do not think their parents are cool... O'SHEA JACKSON, JR. I dug up my dad's old Fred Astaire tapes, and now I find him super-inspiring. He's, like, on... ADAM G. SEVANI Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last ... ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn'... CARLOS PENA, JR. Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And whe... ERIC MCCORMACK I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart ma... CODY HORN I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON My dad is my dad, but he's not there physically anymore. But she lets me call her 'Dad' ... KENDALL JENNER My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My da... TONY HALE On our early demos, I was really frustrated with my recorded sound. I'd tell my dad, 'Dude, ... DIMEBAG DARRELL Dad loves my stuff. No matter how many times my voice cracks or I miss a tap, he doesn't care. H... 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I've had a job since I can remember, and it's not like he was ... SCOTT EASTWOOD My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven. BUBBA WATSON I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, a... LAURA MVULA Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ... TOM CRUISE Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start... ANDRE WARD My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy. CALVIN JOHNSON I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believe... KIM KARDASHIAN I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from th... MILEY CYRUS My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my ... GARY VAYNERCHUK My dad was a terrible father. Dreadful. But he had a very difficult childhood. He was fostered - he ... MARK BILLINGHAM Maybe sometimes, when I see some kids, you know, with their families. It's making me cry. You kn... CHARICE PEMPENGCO I like that my dad makes it clear he's there to make you laugh, not to showcase his emotional ra... CAZZIE DAVID I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's ... TIFFANY TRUMP Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I ju... DREW BARRYMORE My mom has accepted my style. My dad is a little suspect with all the bright colors and loud stuff. ... CHANDLER PARSONS My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses... TONY HAWK Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain a... PALOMA FAITH My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He&... BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD My dad was on 'Zombieland,' and I love that movie. So yeah, I think I like the horror genre! CHANDLER RIGGS My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures ... CATHERINE TATE I always felt Harrison Ford looked like he's about to shoot himself when he's carrying his o... MORTEN TYLDUM My dad loves to be talked about, good or bad. He just loves it. He's not even hearing the conten... SARAH SILVERMAN I've always been into dressing nicely. My dad's really into fashion, also. We'll always ... PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER To do a movie with someone like Tom Hanks that when you tell your dad, your dad knows who Tom Hanks ... SARITA CHOUDHURY Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&... TASHA SMITH I look at the progressive policies that have marginalized black dads. They push them to the side and... DAVID A. CLARKE, JR. 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And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen
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The tall magnolia towers unshaded. MARIA BROOKS I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down. MARIA CALLAS I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity. MARIA CALLAS I only have nightmares
because my dreams
have come true. MARIA BARRAGAN My future is just a mirage. The more I expect from it, it just turns out to be mere reflections. MARIA K It is not true that I invented what is called the Montessori Method... I have studied the child; I h... MARIA MONTESSORI I would never want to model as my career, but fashion is my hobby. When you love what you're wea... MARIA VALVERDE Temptation, if it is not to conquer, must not fall like a bomb against another bomb of instantaneous... MARIA MONTESSORI Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're ... MARIA SHRIVER I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have acces... MARIA CANTWELL The United States and the European Union do want to have a rule of law, and that rule of law should ... MARIA CANTWELL The person who is developing freely and naturally arrives at a spiritual equilibrium in which he is ... MARIA MONTESSORI You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a... MARIA CALLAS While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has be... MARIA BARTIROMO It's unhealthy to live a life with regrets. MARIA BARRAGAN