My father established our relationship when I was seven years old. He looked at me and said, “You know, I brought you in this world, and I can take you out. And it don't make no difference to me, I'll make another one look just like you.

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I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

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I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.

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I'm not the boss of my house. I don't know how I lost it, I don't know when I lost it, I don't really think I ever had it. But I've seen the boss's job...and I don't want it!

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Old is always fifteen years from now.

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You can teach an old dog new tricks. You just don't want to see the dog doing them.

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Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

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I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.

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Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

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After creating the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the entire animal kingdom, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was "Don't.

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