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My love for my wife Roya is so intense that I gave up alcohol. My love for my father was so great that when he made me promise him that I'd lose weight, I did and lost 167 kg.!

~Adnan Sami

Topics: Alcohol Did Father Gave Great He Him Intense Lose Lost Love Made Me Promise Up Weight Wife

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While my mother is from Jammu, my father was originally from Afghanistan, as my grandfather was the governor of five provinces there, including Herat.

~Adnan Sami

Topics: Afghanistan Father Five Governor Grandfather Including Mother Originally Provinces While

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My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, 'I will encourage you in anything you do, but make sure you get a solid education.' So, I studied in the finest schools and went on to become a qualified barrister but didn't take up law because my music was my area of interest.

~Adnan Sami

Topics: Anything Area Arts Because Become Connoisseur Education Encourage Father Finest Get Great He Interest Law Make Music Qualified Said Schools Solid Studied Sure Take Up Will You

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In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.

~Adolfo Cambiaso

Topics: Argentina Does Father Football Play Play Football Plays Polo You Your

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I have to hold a meeting with the rising generation every evening, and that takes time. Henry can say, 'Twinkle, twinkle,' all himself, and Edward can repeat it after his father! Giants of genius! Paragons of erudition!

~Adoniram Judson

Topics: After Edward Evening Every Father Generation Genius Giants Henry Himself His Hold Meeting Repeat Rising Say Takes Time Twinkle

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My father is my father, and I am me. I have the advantage of this honest comparison, quiet, and the opportunity to share in his profession.

~Adriano Giannini

Topics: Advantage Am Comparison Father His Honest Me Opportunity Profession Quiet Share I Am

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'Swept Away' is one of my favorite films of my father. I've seen it about 20 times. It's a cult movie in Italy.

~Adriano Giannini

Topics: About Away Cult Father Favorite Favorite Films Films Italy Movie Seen Swept Times

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You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children they have or what their father's nickname might be; you don't have references and databases and rumors and half-truths - you're just transported by their storytelling.

~Adrien Brody

Topics: Children Databases Father Go How Just Know Many Might Nickname Really References Room Rumors Someone Storytelling Theater Watch You

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I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.

~Agnes Macphail

Topics: Elected Father First First Place Got Mother Once Out Owed Parliament Place Stuck

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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

~Agnes Smedley

Topics: Affection Been Caught Class Considered Disaster Disgrace Family Father Kissing Like Mother Show Shown Sign Weakness Would

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