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My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets. — Peter Eisenman Copy Share Image
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In the water I saw my father's face, and that face saw the face of its father, and so on, and so… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
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I am single, and my mother is worried. She wants me to get married. Now that I'm in my 30s, I can't… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
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My parents certainly didn't understand TV comedy. They wouldn't turn on 'Married... With Children' and laugh. — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
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I am tied to my father's land and am happy to visit relatives in Egypt, but I feel Italian and was never… — Stephan El Shaarawy Copy Share Image
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My father has positional vertigo, and if he flies he gets really dizzy, so he has to drive out to California, which… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
In erotic love, two people who were separate become one. In motherly love, two people who were one become separate. The mother… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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