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I want to be the kind of dad that my kids look back on and think I was present and loving and the kind of person they’d look up to.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
"I had no one to look up to anymore but when I engaged with music I could hear his voice very clearly - it was like having a co-writer."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“We do in fact look up to them,” Williams said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Positioning herself as the star her fans orbit and look up to, instead of the party girl they’re hitting the club with, is not her style.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
She didn’t even look up to see how I was reacting.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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