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Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing for your father-in-law.

~Don Baylor

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My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Admired Back Brain Father Hard Him Made Me Needed Passion Real Taught Work Worked You Your

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My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used to drive them up the wall. My father died, and that was a tragedy for everybody, but suddenly I didn't have anybody to stop me from doing what I wanted to do.

~Don Mclean

Topics: Anybody Died Doing Drive Everybody Everything Father Loud Me Music Musical Parents People Played Quiet Stop Suddenly Them Tragedy Up Used Very Wall Wanted Were

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We were Orthodox Jews, but we really didn't deserve it. I mean, bacon - my father said, 'Don't put bacon in the house,' but we had bacon. We didn't keep kosher. And we observed which today would be Conservative Jews. But in those days, we belonged to an Orthodox temple. So we made out we were Orthodox Jews, but we really weren't.

~Don Rickles

Topics: Bacon Belonged Conservative Days Deserve Father Had House Jews Keep Made Mean Observed Orthodox Out Put Really Said Temple Those Today Were Which Would

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My father was an insurance man and a small-time gambler. He was a good man, but he had an eye for the racehorses, and I saw how it used to bother my mother. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all those years in Vegas.

~Don Rickles

Topics: Bother Dime Eye Father Gambler Good Good Man Had He How Insurance Man Mother Never Saw Those Used Vegas Years A Good Man

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I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.

~Don Rickles

Topics: Child Died Father Only Only Child

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I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.

~Don Shula

Topics: Against Be The First Beat Coached Couple Dave Ever Father First First Time Half He His Last Me Minutes Proud Second Son Time Very Years 30 Minutes

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I don't remember much of my childhood. My father passed away when I was six, and sadly, I don't have the fuzziest, foggiest memory of him - what his voice was like, anything he ever said to me, nothing. My early years are a total blur.

~Don Willett

Topics: Anything Away Blur Childhood Early Early Years Ever Father He Him His Like Me Memory Much Nothing Passed Remember Sadly Said Six Total Voice Years

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One truth I've learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don't want to read about you; they want you.

~Don Willett

Topics: About Children Father Learned More Presence Presents Read Than Truth Want You

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My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit.

~Donald Barthelme

Topics: Architecture Drama English Father Great Influence Mother Pennsylvania She Sort Studied University Ways Where Wicked Wit

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