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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.
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My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately
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My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy. I will dedicate my life to making our democracy reach its fullest potential: that of ensuring equality for all. My family has sacrificed much, and I am willing to do this again if necessary.
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My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.
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My father said: ''You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.''
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My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.
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My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.
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My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
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My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
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My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty-one.
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My father used to say superior people never make long visits.
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My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.
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My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'
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My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down the lyrics of all of my favourite songs, and sing along. I was always singing in my bedroom with a hairbrush.
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My father walked to school 4 o'clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and he was thankful.
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My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scholarship to NYU Law School, and there in Greenwich Village, he met my mother, who was very young, fresh off the boat from Germany.
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My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.
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My father was a ham radio geek, and I remember the glow of the vacuum tubes from a Hammarlund receiver that became a hand-me-down to me.
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My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.
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