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That so far none of my children has told me they're gay.
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Dan Aykroyd
Canadian and American actor and musician
Failure at surfing school.
I got seduced by being a pop star, and why wouldn’t I? I think I could have made a few more career moves with films. But I was nervous. How do you move forward as an actor creatively if you are just appealing to teenage girls?
Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.
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