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I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
Bill Bryson
Heights
Books
Emily
Had
Like
House
Up
Grew
Full
Des Moines
Dad
Things
I think some people really change when they become a dad. Like, I've changed in different ways. I - but, like, my comedy hasn't changed. And I've also seen people do that where you become this - you become a dad, and then all of a sudden, you're trying to be a role model.
Bill Burr
You
Change
People
Comedy
Some People
Seen
Become
Think
Changed
Ways
Some
Like
Also
Model
Role
Role Model
Trying
Where
Different
Then
Really
Sudden
Dad
Different Ways
My parents have a ridiculous work ethic; my dad just works, works, works, works, works. I think it would be hard to find a guy who's logged more hours than that guy.
Bill Burr
Work
Parents
Think
Would
Would-Be
Find
Guy
More
Hours
Than
Just
Work Ethic
Ethic
Hard
Works
Dad
Ridiculous
My dad spent most of the '50s and early '60s actually acting as sort of an advance man for the Justice Department, as a civil rights lawyer. So it was actually reading his papers after he passed away a few years ago that first started me thinking about this... What fraction of your life do you spend in service to your fellow man?
Bill Foster
Life
Service
Me
You
Man
Justice
Rights
Lawyer
First
Reading
Few
Thinking
Spend
Spent
Papers
Civil
Civil Rights
About
Advance
He
Most
Fellow
Fellow Man
Sort
Passed
His
Years
Years Ago
Department
After
Justice Department
Acting
Your
Dad
Away
Actually
Early
Started
Fraction
OK, I have a nickname. My family calls me 'Trey' because I'm William the third. My dad has the same name, which is always confusing because my dad is well known, and I'm also known.
Bill Gates
Family
Me
OK
William
Name
Also
Well
Well Known
Known
Calls
Because
Always
Same
Which
Confusing
Dad
Nickname
Third
When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.
Bill Gates
Parents
Parenthood
Various
Head
Volunteer
Almost
Involved
Were
Up
Very
Controversial
Planned
Planned Parenthood
Dad
Growing
Growing Up
Things
My mom and my dad were both very sociable, meeting lots of interesting people.
Bill Gates
Mom
People
Meeting
Both
Were
Lots
Very
Interesting
Sociable
Interesting People
Dad
I was very young, and I remember this heated, passionate argument and trying to figure out some place called Vietnam, something called a Watergate, and some guy named Gerald Ford who my dad knew who had just become president, and how all these things fit together.
Bill Huizenga
Together
Watergate
Remember
Argument
Become
Young
President
Out
Some
Something
Guy
Had
Knew
Named
Ford
How
Passionate
Fit
Very
Trying
Heated
Just
Place
Vietnam
Figure
Who
Dad
Things
My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.
Bill Huizenga
Political
City
County
Involved
Up
Political Process
Commissioner
Grew
Process
Engaged
Dad
My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem; how do you approach the problem?
Bill Keller
You
Problem
Engineer
Mind-Set
Approach
Everything
Kind
He
Became
How
His
CEO
Dad
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.
Bill Kreutzmann
Music
Listening
Black
New
Instrument
Singers
New Orleans
Wanted
Loved
Dad
Eventually
Play
Orleans
I came from a Halloween-friendly home. My dad, Spencer, was a U.S. Marine captain. But when it came to Halloween, my dad had a soft spot. He would take his three sons and friends on escapades on Halloween night.
Bill Moseley
Home
Halloween
Three
Soft Spot
Spencer
Would
Take
Had
He
Sons
Spot
Came
His
Friends
Captain
Dad
Night
Marine
Soft
I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years old.
Bill Mumy
Mom
Me
Old
Television
Television Set
Inside
About
Bugged
Years
Get
Mom And Dad
Dad
Four
Set
It was so weird that I would end up directing 'The Greatest Game Ever Played,' because, y'know, I'm not a big golfer myself. But I grew up around the game. My mom and dad kind of built their dream house off the 11th fairway of Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth.
Bill Paxton
Myself
Mom
Game
Worth
Country
Big
Club
Oak
Kind
Dream
Would
Shady
Directing
Weird
Country Club
House
Fairway
Because
Around
Greatest
Built
Off
End
Up
Grew
Golfer
Fort
Mom And Dad
Dad
Ever
Played
I came out to Hollywood when I was just 18, and my dad, he was really into Hollywood and theater and art, and I guess growing up, he exposed me to a lot of culture, and I just started making Super-8 films in high school and decided I wanted to be a filmmaker.
Bill Paxton
Art
Me
Culture
School
Films
Guess
Out
High
High School
He
Making
Came
Lot
Up
Just
Wanted
Decided
Theater
Hollywood
Really
Exposed
Dad
Growing
Growing Up
Started
Filmmaker
I've never really been a television watcher and watched comedies, and I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television as the dad.
Bill Pullman
Television
Never
Invitations
Comedies
Gotten
Been
Really
Dad
Watched
Number
I like to wear my dad's shoes to auditions as sort of a lucky thing. I feel like I'm on solid ground.
Bill Pullman
Shoes
Solid
Wear
Feel
Like
Sort
Auditions
Ground
Lucky
Dad
Thing
I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as 'the dad,' but that was Kryptonite to me. I was like, 'This would be the death of me. I'll be a cesspool of niceness.' It doesn't feed me.
Bill Pullman
Death
Me
Television
Television Shows
Would
Would-Be
Feed
Invitations
Like
Gotten
Cesspool
Shows
Dad
Number
Every day in our house is like Valentine's Day. I've kept it traditional with what my dad has done with my mom. Every morning, I get up and I make coffee and I bring Giuliana coffee in bed.
Bill Rancic
Day
Mom
Morning
Every Day
Coffee
Valentines Day
Every
Valentine
Our
Like
House
Make
Bed
Traditional
Up
Get
Done
Dad
Bring
Kept
One of my dad's biggest passions is cooking, so we always had good food at home.
Bill Skarsgard
Good
Food
Home
Cooking
Had
Always
Passions
Biggest
Dad
Good Food
I really love Linkin Park, and I loved Chester Bennington, and it is horrible what happened to him. I grew up listening to him because my dad would make these mixtapes with a lot of different artists - Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, The Beatles, Sarah McLachlan, I just really loved Linkin Park, and their production is really sick.
Billie Eilish
Love
Beatles
Listening
Sick
Would
Horrible
Park
Make
Him
Because
Lot
Up
Just
Artists
Different
Grew
Happened
Loved
Really
Production
Sarah
Dad
If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.
Billy Butler
You
Would
Vital
Some
Point
Never
He
Days
Until
Doing
Motivate
Up
Younger
Realize
Your
Dad
Baseball
Actually
Kept
When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.
Billy Butler
Work
Day
Me
You
Every Day
Old
Every
Else
Kid
Point
Throw
Pushed
He
Cage
Until
Make
Him
Because
Go
Years
Up
Just
Want
Anymore
Wanted
Anything
Anything Else
Turned
Even
Dad
Keep
Play
Playing
Needed
My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.
Billy Crystal
Great
Me
Strong
Sense
Humour
Impact
Had
Great Sense
Jack
Dad
My dad had two, sometimes three jobs. Besides running the Commodore Music Shop in Manhattan, he did jazz concerts, and he ran this great jazz label, Commodore.
Billy Crystal
Music
Great
Sometimes
Three
Jazz
Ran
Jobs
Besides
Running
Had
He
Concerts
Label
Did
Shop
Manhattan
Dad
Two
My mom had a heart attack, and it came out of nowhere - she was 54. My dad had leukemia for about 3 months. He was 80 when he passed. My dad had me later in life, and so he had leukemia and was alive for about 3 months between diagnosis and passing away.
Billy Eichner
Life
Mom
Me
Heart
Later
Months
Alive
Out
About
Attack
Had
He
Between
She
Diagnosis
Passed
Passing
Came
Dad
Away
Nowhere
Leukemia
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