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I got really lucky in that my dad stopped working just as I started. He took a few years off, not on purpose, but he has three sons with his wife of 30 years and he wanted to be involved with them. As much as I missed him being around when I was growing up, I think he missed us too and he wasn`t going to let that happen again. So it wasn`t until much later that people started making comparisons. When I started, with films like The Bay Boy and Stand by Me, I look back on those interviews and I`m amazed; there`s no mention of my father, it`s not even "son of Donald Sutherland". I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me. It`s amazing that I was stupid enough to try it - we`re talking about one of the most prolific actors in film history - but my parents were very gracious about making me feel like I at least had a shot at making my own path.

- Kiefer Sutherland

I`m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

- Tom Petty

To me, it`s all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.

- Eric Brown

(Terrell Owens clashed with Jeff Garcia and now Donovan McNabb. Randy Moss irked Daunte Culpepper and earned a trip out of town. And all the while, in Indianapolis, Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison hum along as the NFL`s best marriage. With four more touchdown connections, the Colts duo will surpass the 49ers` Steve Young and Jerry Rice as the most prolific quarterback-receiver tandem in history. (Young and Rice hooked up for 85 touchdowns.) With 129 more passing yards, Manning and Harrison will top the Buffalo Bills` Jim Kelly and Andre Reed for the most yards (9,538) between thrower and catcher. Former 49ers Coach Bill Walsh called Manning and Harrison) brilliant performers ... He could be the best offensive coordinator in the league. He is truly an outstanding coach.

- Tom Moore

We must find creative ways to re-energize students and get them to be prolific readers.

- Howard Lee

Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

- Albert Toutounzian

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

- Allan Schweyer

Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime

- Benjamin Disraeli

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

- Alfred North Whitehead