Affected Quote by Junot Diaz

My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.

— Dennis Wilson

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.

— Joyce Meyer

I had very strict parents. My two brothers were power and freedom. I was powerlessness and seclusion.

— Monica Vitti

My father was not in power when I started my political career, or when I fought my first election in 1996. Starting like any…

— Mehbooba Mufti

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.

— Anthony Kiedis

My father was a huge influence on me.

— Carol Leifer

The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree…

— George Michael

My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me…

— Don Rickles

The biggest rebellion I could've ever had with my father would be to work in a bank. He would have disowned me. As long…

— Christian Bale

When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl…

— Rachel Vincent

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

— Spike Milligan

I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the police, the government, the bosses. Everything male that was…

— Isabel Allende