My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
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Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.
Al UnserAl Unser My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Mom and Dad even took in foster children. ‘There are no limits to how much you can love,’ Dad always said.
Al RokerAl Roker I love music; my dad and brother were very musical, and music just happens to be one of my hobbies that became my vocation.
Al JardineAl Jardine I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
Al JarreauAl Jarreau My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball’s grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and Mark Kimball’s grandfather.
Al JarreauAl Jarreau My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O’Reilly is kind of a bully, and he’s the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground.
Al FrankenAl Franken Music is more of a hobby to me than my hobbies, if that makes sense.
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