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“I gotta be honest with you. Im kind of jealous of the way my dad gets to talk to my mom sometimes. Where are all those old-school women you can just take your day out on? When did they stop making those angels?”

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Author:Bill Burr

“I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.”

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Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.”

Ifs Building Industry Dad My Dad Determined Footballer

Author:Steven Gerrard

“My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.”

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Author:Rachel Zoe

“My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.”

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Author:Bill Huizenga

“Kids need a mom and a dad, and people understand that. Marriage between a mom and a dad is most important for kids.”

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Author:Tim Huelskamp

“I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.”

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Author:Mark Ronson

“My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as I'm a good person I'll stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you “No” it's only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I don't give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what they've taught me.”

“My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'”

Used Morning Dad Balls My Dad

Author:Russell Wilson

“I ended up getting drafted by the Colorado Rockies on June 8, 2010 and the next day, my dad passed away, in June 9, 2010. So I'm at the biggest high of my life on June 8th. And the next day, June 9th, he's gone.”

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Author:Russell Wilson

“I'm sitting in the drive-through and I've got my three girls in the back and this station comes on and it's playing “Jailhouse Rock,” the original version, and my girls are jumping up and down, going nuts. I'm looking around at them and they've heard Dad's music all the time and I don't see that out of them.”

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Author:Garth Brooks

“I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.”

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Author:Bobby Bowden

“I'm passionately opposed to the nuclear family, with its mom and dad and their 2.4 children. I think it's the most neurotic life-style ever developed.”

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Author:Germaine Greer

“I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.”

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Author:Allen Iverson

“I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.”

School Records Dad Singing My Dad Shops After School

Author:Neil Diamond

“My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the two of them is my comedy. But, I am definitely the first comedian in my family.”

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Author:Amy Schumer

“I'm real good with math, with numbers, like my dad was. I'm pretty much dialed in.”

Real Numbers Dad My Dad Math

Author:Hulk Hogan

“My dad was a big believer of having a golf club that fit me. Always have a golf club that fits you, so you don't have to make any swing compensations for that particular golf club.”

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Author:Tiger Woods

“My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.”

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Author:Chris Rock

“My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed feminism to be explained to us.”

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Author:Kathleen Hanna

“My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then my dad would sit down and explain it to her like she was an idiot.”

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Author:Kathleen Hanna

“Twitter allowed me to talk about parenting in short snippets and find out what I really wanted to say about it, which is that I'm a dad who had no idea what he's doing.”

Ideas Wanted Dad No Idea

Author:Jim Gaffigan

“My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.”

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Author:Bob Odenkirk

“Remember: What dad really wants is a nap. Really.”

Want Remember Dad Naps Funny Fathers Day

Author:Dave Barry

“Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.”

Way Guy Dad Pals Great Dad

Author:Mary Karr

“My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.”

Wanted Trouble Dad My Dad Boxing Great Escape

Author:Diego Corrales

“Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing ever since I was a kid, so I just kind of grew up around that.”

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Author:Jacob Latimore

“Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.”

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Author:Conrad Hall

“Cursing dads are terrifying, you know? Cursing dads are - I don't know why, but no. It just doesn't seem to me that that would be funny. I mean it might be - you could try it and see. I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.”

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Author:Ian Frazier

“Im from Connecticut. My Mom is an army brat, and my Dad is a navy brat. My childhood was fun. My parents are still together. My childhood was pretty carefree.”

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Author:Cassie Ventura

“My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.”

Way Dad My Dad Best Way

Author:T-Pain

“My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.”

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Author:T-Pain

“My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.”

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Author:Mark Teixeira

“My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.”

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Author:Mark Teixeira

“I was the youngest of four kids, and Dad, who had a garden centre before he retired, came from a large Lancashire family. Every one of my uncles had their own business, including a post office, two fish and chip shops and a painting and decorating business.”

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Author:Rick Astley

“I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what its like to lose a beloved parent.”

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Author:Simone Elkeles

“I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of Fox News every day and stuff like that.”

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Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt

“To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.”

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Author:Jakob Dylan

“My heroes always are mostly my parents - my father especially, and my mom, who's passed on already. My dad is a very strong man, and by him being educated, and a principal and school superintendent over 37 years, he plays such a big role in my life.”

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Author:Dikembe Mutombo

“In reality, if he had lived, I would have had a dad. And that would have been an incredible experience.”

Has Beens Dad Incredibles

Author:Frances Bean Cobain

“My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at Bells. I'd reckon they were solid, 6-foot days, and he'd tell me to wait on the shoulder. I'd see him coming through the barrel, and he'd just scream at me to go. I'd drop in, and he'd give me a hoot from behind - I've always loved it.”

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Author:Xavier Rudd

“Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.”

Hard Values Taught Mom Dad Housewife Accountants

Author:Irene Rosenfeld

“I was born in Japan, so for me, Uniqlo is a family brand. My granny used to wear Uniqlo. And my Italian dad wore Uniqlo. I wore Uniqlo, of course.”

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Author:Nicola Formichetti

“As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think its just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change the diapers, to tell the stories.”

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Author:Clyde Edgerton

“My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family.”

Important Dad My Family My Dad Usc

Author:Miranda Cosgrove

“When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study animation. He made me see that I could do this for a living.”

Art Made Film Study College Dad My Dad Teenager Animation

Author:Nick Park

“My dad wears girls' clothes - it's so funny. Sometimes I see him and I'm like, 'Nice shirt!,' because it's from my closet.”

Sometimes Girl Nice Dad Clothes My Dad Shirts Closets

Author:Liv Tyler

“My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.”

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Author:James Nesbitt

“My dad was my hero, my best friend.”

Hero Dad My Dad My Best Friend My Hero

Author:Dhani Harrison

“I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.”

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Author:Tom Lehman

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