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After expressing gratitude for his father and stepfather, wife Jessica Biel and Silas, whom Timberlake wrote is \"ALWAYS teaching me right back,\" he went on to wish everyone a Happy Father's Day.

\"While we owe our sons and daughters these lessons in the places where the doors close at night,\" he wrote, \"I hope you are as inspired as I am to make them THE TRUTH in the places that same door opens every morning and we send them out to discover.\"

\"There’s more to do,\" he concluded. \"And we are built for it. After all, we are the Dads.\"

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