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XU HUI
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CLEO COHEN
My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 yea... WALTER MOSLEY
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BILL LYNCH
My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War ... PETER JACKSON
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Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…ju... DOROTHY ALLISON
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LUKE CARSON
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DAVID SLOMA
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DAN HOLMES
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ADRIAN PETERSON
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STEVE ANTONOPULOS
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ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE
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CARL MOORE
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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. YIDDISH PROVERB
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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EMILY GILL
My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the fi... RUDY GIULIANI He always told the truth. If you asked him a question, he was going to give you the answer. You migh...
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DAVID AMRAM
It’s just you always…”“Run,” I finish for him…
I gaze up at him. Soft light...
AMANDA BOUCHET
His Highness was always confident in his statements, especially about what he viewed for the first t... DEJAN STOJANOVIC When you play for so long, you see it's going to come to an end and you wonder, Is your talent dimin...
CAL RIPKEN
By the time a man realises that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong. UNKNOWN He shouldn't be alone at a time like this. This is a special time for me to be around as much as...
JOSEPH JACKSON
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KEVIN J. ANDERSON
I'll put it on my table where I keep my drawings," Hassan said.His saying that made me kind of...
KHALED HOSSEINI
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LES ALEXANDER He was almost in tears because, for the first time in his life, he wasn't getting an opportunity to ...
BILLY DONOVAN [But his father begged him not to publish the book.] L.B. Mayer called me a traitor, ... 'I blame yo...
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P. L. TRAVERS
I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and wi... LINDA ELLERBEE He always knew that he would have to wait for a long time. That's why he tried to create a role for ...
INGRID SEWARD The real story on Ryan is how he has overcame his setbacks. Because when you climb to the top - beco...
MARK FARLEY My father worked two jobs. He assembled speakers during the day, and then he sold real estate at nig...
TERRY J. LUNDGREN The show that made the biggest impression on me was Sea Hunt.' I watched Lloyd Bridges in it, and ...
JOHN O'HURLEY [In an interview, Mr. Downie said he met with Mr. Woodward yesterday morning.] Bob made a mistake, ....
LEONARD DOWNIE
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face ... CONFUCIUS I've been surprised to a degree by how well he's doing. But when you look at his work habits and see...
BUZZ PETERSON Even though my father never made millions of dollars, he was rich in so many ways. He seemed so cont...
JAMES DOYLE He's never threatened me, but told the neighborhood how he dislikes me. I've let it go. I have not b...
BOB MARGOLIS If Jack Kerouac had set out to find a real bookstore in the suburbs, he would still be on the road, ...
MICHAEL WINERIP He helped me build my confidence. It was little things he has random meetings in the year to talk ab...
MATT KOHN That will solve nothing, my lord.” His wife strode into the kitchen, stiff pride shining in her ey...
MARY WINE
In 1965, Cosby had become the first black man ever to star in a prime-time television show; he was c... REBECCA TRAISTER He would always have his head down in the huddle, looking at that wristband of his all the time. Now...
JEFF HARTINGS [When Florida manager Jack McKeon told his players he was calling it quits, they responded with appl...
JEFF CONINE
And you look at the candidates, and particularly George W. Bush's, just imagery-wise, allows people ... SUSAN FALUDI When was the last time you had a good belly-shaking-tear-jerking-snot-producing laugh?
That lon...
OSAYI EMOKPAE LASISI John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'...
MAUREEN O'HARA John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'...
MAUREEN O'HARA
Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool. The ... J.K. ROWLING
A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time... UNKNOWN He just made a decision to chart a new course for his life and take some time for himself.
AMY JONES
No, my dog used to gaze at me,paying me the attention I need,
the attention required
PABLO NERUDA
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness... RED SKELTON
With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60. 
The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today'... 
The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed. 
Control your own destiny or someone else will. 
I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy. 
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensatio... 
Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay ma... 
If I have a weakness, it's probably ice cream. That's where I get lax, sloppy. I'll snea... 
Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ... 
A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. Th... 
I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ... 
Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thous... 
I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to. 
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. 
I never worked in an office in my life. 