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My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, an

My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger. – Ben Barnes

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I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. – Ben Barnes

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I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff. – Ben Barnes

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I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling. – Ben Barnes

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And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, Im going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, Im going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan. – David Bowie

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It wasnt like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine. – Venus Williams

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My dads Irish music was such a huge influence. – Dido Armstrong

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My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13. – Shaun White

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