Carrey was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario to a family with some French Canadian roots (the original surname was Carree). A comedian from an early age, Carrey mailed his résumé to The Carol Burnett Show when he was 10 years old. The teachers in Carrey's high school gave him a few minutes at the end of each school day to do a stand-up comedy routine for his classmates. The Carrey family fell on hard times and were forced to move to the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, where they took security ...

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Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey - Childhood, Jim Carrey - Starting in comedy, Jim Carrey - Film Career, Jim Carrey - Personal life, Jim Carrey - Selected Filmography, Jim Carrey - Trivia

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Ed Gein, Ed Gein - Childhood, Ed Gein - Deaths of family members, Ed Gein - Arrest, Ed Gein - Death, Ed Gein - Popular culture, Ed Gein - Films, Ed Gein - Music, Ed Gein - Comics

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Alfred was born sometime between 847 and AD 849 at Wantage in Berkshire, the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (Æþelwulf), most likely by his first wife, Osburh. He succeeded his brother, Ethelred I (Æþelræd I), as King of Wessex and Mercia in 871. He seems to have been a child of singular attractiveness and promise, and tales of his boyhood were remembered. At five years old, in 853, he is said to have been sent to Rome, where he was confirmed by Pope Leo IV, who is also said to have "anointed him as king." Later writers to ...

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Alfred the Great, Alfred the Great - Childhood, Alfred the Great - Public life, Alfred the Great - Accession, Alfred the Great - Reorganization, Alfred the Great - Foreign relations, Alfred the Great - Christianity literature and music, Alfred the Great - Death, Alfred the Great - Appearances in Fiction

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Maruti grew up and inherited his father's qualities of quick flying, forceful travel, and mighty strength. Soon after his birth he saw the sun, thought it to be a ripe fruit and took flight to catch hold of the sun to eat. Indra, the king of devas and the upholder of universal laws, observed this. He hurled his weapon, the Vajra (thunderbolt), which struck Maruti on his chin. Maruti fell back down to earth and became unconscious. Vayu, the wind god, Maruti's father, was upset by this and went into seclusion. As living beings be ...

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Hanuman, Hanuman - Birth, Hanuman - Childhood, Hanuman - Hanuman in the Ramayana War, Hanuman - After the Ramayana War, Hanuman - Presence of Hanuman, Hanuman - Hanumad Ramayana, Hanuman - Temples for Hanuman, Hanuman - Flag of Hanuman

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Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the only child of Angelena Rice and the Reverend John Wesley Rice (Jr.). Her father was a minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church, and her mother was a music teacher. The name "Condoleezza" is derived from the Italian music-related expression, "Con dolcezza", meaning "with sweetness". [1] In an article for the New Yorker, Nicholas Leman, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, writes, "Birmingham had one notably rich black family, the Gastons ...

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Condoleezza Rice, Condoleezza Rice - Childhood, Condoleezza Rice - Education, Condoleezza Rice - Academic career, Condoleezza Rice - Business career, Condoleezza Rice - Political career, Condoleezza Rice - Early phase, Condoleezza Rice - National Security Advisor 2001–2005, Condoleezza Rice - Secretary of State 2005-present, Condoleezza Rice - Future prospects, Condoleezza Rice - Trivia, Condoleezza Rice - Sources

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Investigators often have histories of grossly inadequate, cold, or neglectful early parenting. These traumatic experiences may have created an expectation that relationships would not be gratifying, precipitating a subsequent defensive withdrawal from others (Gunderson & Philips, pg. 1445). Riso and Hudson classify Investigators as being "ambivalent towards both the nurturing figure and the protective figure", meaning that they did not identify with either role strongly. This leads to their perception of themselves as being withou ...

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Five Enneagram, Five Enneagram - Basic Description, Five Enneagram - 'Fuels' that drive the type focus of attention, Five Enneagram - Levels of Development, Five Enneagram - Childhood, Five Enneagram - Wings, Five Enneagram - Five With A Four Wing: The Iconoclast, Five Enneagram - Five With A Six Wing: The Problem Solver, Five Enneagram - Instinctual Variants of Type Five, Five Enneagram - Self-Preservational Instinctual Variant, Five Enneagram - Social Instinctual Variant, Five Enneagram - Sexual Instinctual Variant, Five Enneagram - Antidotes for personal growth

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Alice Lee Roosevelt was born at the Roosevelt family home on 6 West 57th St. in New York City. Two days after her birth, both her mother Alice and her paternal grandmother died at the Roosevelt family home in Manhattan. Roosevelt, then a New York state legislator, was so distraught with the loss of his wife that he never spoke of her again and refused to have her name mentioned in his presence. Even his daughter was seldom referred to by her name (a practice she continued late in life, preferring to be called "Mrs. L"). Grief-stricken, Roose ...

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Childhood, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Father's presidency, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Married life, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Post-TR presidency, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - The other Washington Monument, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Privacy activism, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Alice and Eleanor, Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Odds and ends

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Marie Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; she had a brother one year younger) of the Austrian Archduchess, later Queen and Empress, Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 2 November 1755. She was christened Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna. Maria was in honour of the Virgin Mary, Antonia in honour of Saint Anthony of Padua, Josepha in honour of her elder brother, Archduke Josef, and Johanna in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. The court official described the new baby as ...

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Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette - Childhood, Marie Antoinette - Marriage, Marie Antoinette - Life as Dauphine, Marie Antoinette - Coronation and reign, Marie Antoinette - Motherhood, Marie Antoinette - The affair of the necklace, Marie Antoinette - The countdown to revolution, Marie Antoinette - The fall of Versailles, Marie Antoinette - A republican monarchy?, Marie Antoinette - Imprisonment, Marie Antoinette - Execution, Marie Antoinette - Reputation, Marie Antoinette - In the movies

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Mike grew up for the first few years of his life in a small house in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The house was barely big enough to have Mike's entire family inside. His family consisted of his two parents, Vince and Veronica Piazza, and his brothers Vince Jr., Danny, Tony and Tommy. In the backyard was where Mike's earliest baseball memories took place. There was a large enclosed batting cage made of wood, with a net inside. Vince had bought it with some extra lumber. On one side of the cage was a pitching machine. Mike would load this with ...

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Mike Piazza, Mike Piazza - Childhood, Mike Piazza - High School, Mike Piazza - Major League career, Mike Piazza - Salary, Mike Piazza - Trivia

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As a child, Neil attended St. Cuthbert's, a Catholic school in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. The songs "This must be the place I waited years to leave" and "It's A Sin" refer to his early life in Catholic school and the strict Catholic upbringing there. "It's A Sin" caused controversy with its explicit criticism of catholic education. Whilst at school, Neil played guitar and cello. At the age of 16, he played in a group called Dust. Their most popular song was a called "Can you hear the dawn break?" and they were heavily ...

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Neil Tennant, Neil Tennant - Childhood, Neil Tennant - Later life, Neil Tennant - Personal life, Neil Tennant - Current career and future

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Rose had a deeply troubled childhood, according to a Rolling Stone interview. He was abused at the hands of both his stepfather Stephen Bailey and William Rose, his biological father who left the family when Axl was two years old. Growing up, Axl thought Bailey was his biological father; Axl's name was "Bill Bailey" from age two. At age seventeen, he learned of his biological father's existence and readopted his birth name, William Rose. He would only refer to himself as "W. Rose", however, as he did not wish to share a name with his ...

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Axl Rose, Axl Rose - Childhood, Axl Rose - Los Angeles, Axl Rose - Living on the edge, Axl Rose - Decline of Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose - The enigmatic Axl Rose, Axl Rose - Chinese Democracy, Axl Rose - Trivia

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He was born as Józef (Joseph) Kalinowski to a szlachta (noble) family. He was the second son of Andrzej (Andrew) Kalinowski, a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Nobles (Instytut Szlachecki) in Vilnius. His mother, Józefa (Josephine) Połońska, died a few months after he was born, leaving him and his older brother Victor without a mother. His father then married Josephine's sister (a practice that was not uncommon in that time), Zofia (Sophie) Połońska, and had three more children: Charles, Emily, and Gabriel. But then ...

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Raphael Kalinowski, Raphael Kalinowski - Childhood, Raphael Kalinowski - Military career, Raphael Kalinowski - Royal tutor, Raphael Kalinowski - Carmelite priest, Raphael Kalinowski - Beatification and canonization, Raphael Kalinowski - Literary works

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When Wenceslaus was thirteen his father died and he was brought up by his grandmother, Saint Ludmila, who raised him as a Christian. A dispute between the fervently Christian regent and her daughter-in-law drove Ludmila to seek sanctuary at Tetín Castle near Beroun. Drahomíra, who was trying to garner support from the nobility, was furious while losing influence on her son and arranged to have Ludmila strangled at Tetín on September 15, 921. According to some legends, having regained control of her son, Drahomíra set out to convert him to the old pagan religion. According to other legends sh ...

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Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia - Childhood, Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia - Career, Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia - Death and controversy, Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia - Canonisation and other memorials, Wenceslaus I Duke of Bohemia - Wenceslas in fiction

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Born in 2349 on the Federation Colony Kessik IV. B'Elanna had a troubled childhood. Her human father and Klingon mother often fought, and her father ultimately left the household when B'Elanna was six years old. He returned to Earth, leaving B'Elanna to be raised by her mother. A mixture of Klingon and human genes, B'Elanna was prone to aggressive outbursts. For example, she once attacked schoolmate Daniel Byrd after he repeatedly taunted her, calling her "Miss Turtlehead" (because of her cranial ridges). B'Elanna retained this aggressive behavior throughout her life, but with help of several m ...

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B'Elanna Torres, B'Elanna Torres - Childhood, B'Elanna Torres - The Academy and Maquis, B'Elanna Torres - Voyager, B'Elanna Torres - Love and honor

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Born in the New York Nursery and Child Hospital in New York City in 1882 to an Irish mother, he stated that his parents, Catherine Coll de Valera Wheelwright and Juan Vivion de Valera, a Spanish-Cuban settler and sculptor, were married in 1881 in New York. However, exhaustive trawls through church and state records by genealogists and by his most recent biographer, Tim Pat Coogan (1990) have failed to find either a church or civil record of the marriage. Furthermore, no birth, baptismal, marriage or death certificate has ever been found for ...

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Eamon de Valera, Eamon de Valera - Childhood, Eamon de Valera - Early political activity, Eamon de Valera - Easter Rising, Eamon de Valera - President of Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera - President of the Republic, Eamon de Valera - The Treaty, Eamon de Valera - Civil War, Eamon de Valera - Entry into the Free State Dáil: the 'empty formula', Eamon de Valera - President of the Executive Council, Eamon de Valera - De Valera's new Constitution - Bunreacht na hÉireann, Eamon de Valera - Neutrality in World War II, Eamon de Valera - Characteristics, Eamon de Valera - Analysis, Eamon de Valera - De Valera and Churchill clash on radio, Eamon de Valera - Post-War Period, Eamon de Valera - President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera - Overview, Eamon de Valera - Notes, Eamon de Valera - First Cabinet March 1932-February 1933, Eamon de Valera - Second Cabinet February 1933-July 1937, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Third Cabinet July 1937-June 1938, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Fourth Cabinet June 1938-July 1943, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Fifth Cabinet July 1943-June 1944, Eamon de Valera - Sixth Cabinet June 1944-February 1948, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Seventh Cabinet June 1951-June 1954, Eamon de Valera - Eighth Cabinet March 1957-June 1959, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Political Career, Eamon de Valera - See Also

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Dianne came from a very musical family. Her father, who died when she was two years old, was also a singer. Her mother, Vada Swanson, played trumpet. A cousin, George Duke is a well known piano and keyboard player and producer. Dianne and her sister Sharon were raised by their grandmother in Denver, Colorado. As a child Dianne took piano lessons and sang at every opportunity. When she was 11 years old her interest in music was enhanced by an inspiring teacher who thought that music was the best way to bring students together. Dianne discovered a love o ...

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Dianne Reeves, Dianne Reeves - Childhood, Dianne Reeves - Career, Dianne Reeves - Grammy Awards, Dianne Reeves - Discography, Dianne Reeves - Sideman Aufnahmen, Dianne Reeves - DVD, Dianne Reeves - External link

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Bowie was born in Kentucky but spent most of his childhood in Louisiana. He was the child of Rezin Bowie and Elve Ap-Catesby Jones, who had previously settled in what is now called Catahoula Parish. During his early years, Bowie did a lot of hunting and fishing, and popular folklore says that he roped alligators, tamed wild horses, and trapped bears. In 1803 Rezin Sr. moved his family to St. Laundry Parish, Louisiana. The brothers James and Rezin Jr. signed up in the Louisiana militia company of Col. Colman Martin to fight the British at New ...

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Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie - Family history, Jim Bowie - Childhood, Jim Bowie - Private life, Jim Bowie - Part in the Texas Revolution, Jim Bowie - Relevant Links

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The youngest of several children, King spent his first years on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Later, King's family moved to Brooklyn. King used humor to survive in the tough neighborhoods. As a child, King performed impersonations on street corners for pennies. When he was fourteen, King performed "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" on the radio program Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour. He lost first prize, but ...

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Alan King, Alan King - Childhood, Alan King - Career, Alan King - Personal life, Alan King - Quotes, Alan King - Filmography, Alan King - Plays, Alan King - Books, Alan King - Sources

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Though most associate Kat B'jelland with the music scene that sprung up in the city of Minneapolis, Kat B'jelland was actually born in Salem, Oregon and grew up in nearby Woodburn, Oregon. She attended Woodburn High School where she was a popular student and cheerleader. It was while a teenager that Kat became interested in music. Her uncle taught her to play guitar, and her first performance was at ...

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Kat B'jelland, Kat B'jelland - Childhood, Kat B'jelland - Early career, Kat B'jelland - Babes in Toyland, Kat B'jelland - Courtney Love and the Kinderwhore controversy, Kat B'jelland - Katastrophy Wife and current projects

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Born in the New York Nursery and Child Hospital in New York City in 1882 to an Irish mother, he stated that his parents, Catherine Coll de Valera Wheelwright and Juan Vivion de Valera, a Spanish-Cuban settler and sculptor, were married in 1881 in New York. However, exhaustive trawls through church and state records by genealogists and by his most recent biographer, Tim Pat Coogan (1990) have failed to find either a church or civil record of the marriage. Furthermore, no birth, baptismal, marriage or death certificate has ever been found for ...

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Eamon de Valera, Eamon de Valera - Childhood, Eamon de Valera - Early political activity, Eamon de Valera - Easter Rising, Eamon de Valera - President of Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera - President of the Republic, Eamon de Valera - The Treaty, Eamon de Valera - Civil War, Eamon de Valera - Entry into the Free State Dáil: the 'empty formula', Eamon de Valera - President of the Executive Council, Eamon de Valera - De Valera's new Constitution - Bunreacht na hÉireann, Eamon de Valera - Neutrality in World War II, Eamon de Valera - Characteristics, Eamon de Valera - Analysis, Eamon de Valera - De Valera and Churchill clash on radio, Eamon de Valera - Post-War Period, Eamon de Valera - President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera - Overview, Eamon de Valera - Notes, Eamon de Valera - First Cabinet March 1932-February 1933, Eamon de Valera - Second Cabinet February 1933-July 1937, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Third Cabinet July 1937-June 1938, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Fourth Cabinet June 1938-July 1943, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Fifth Cabinet July 1943-June 1944, Eamon de Valera - Sixth Cabinet June 1944-February 1948, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - Seventh Cabinet June 1951-June 1954, Eamon de Valera - Eighth Cabinet March 1957-June 1959, Eamon de Valera - Changes, Eamon de Valera - See Also

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