"My dad thought this whole thing was hilarious, " he says, noting Tag was a topic of their last conversation.

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My dad thought it was hilarious.

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This didn't seem to bother his dad, in fact John thought it seemed like his dad wanted to have a "division bankruptcy" whatever that meant.

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Dad would convert every thought and dream to a number with help from his trusty dream book.

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And she thought her dad was, like, a genius and like a Picasso or something, that how - what fantastic works of art these were, these things that talked to you while you were looking at them.

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Even at that young age I can remember the feeling of fear that came over me when I thought about my dad going to work for a company named after a fruit.

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If that were the case, my Dad (and many just like him) would have thought that his employees were stealing from him.

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The boy told police "he was tired of his dad hitting him and his mom, " and that he thought his father was having an affair that might contribute to the family's break-up.

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Help Mom or Dad remember that they taught you a basic value: to do what you thought was best for yourself.

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From his underwear ads to his adventurous magazine spreads to his top-hatted appearance at Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton, Beckham occupied a different, glossier, global orbit than most celebrity athletes. (He will never be confused with Peyton Manning yapping to his dad in a Buick.) That day in the basement, however, Beckham said soccer was the thing he thought about when he woke up every morning.

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