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“We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.”

Author:Mindy Sterling

“I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did.”

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Author:Jeff Foxworthy

“I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything.”

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Author:Ashlee Simpson

“Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.”

Simple Careers Teacher Mom Dad Aviation Secretary American Life Technicians

Author:Brian Sandoval

“I'm being a dad and a good husband.”

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Author:Chad Smith

“My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.”

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Author:Joe Lando

“My dad once told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.'' And that really stuck with me.”

Should Lying Dad Gun Okay My Dad Stuck Only Time

Author:Jaden Smith

“I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.”

Kind Effort Too Much Dad Ridiculous

Author:Jeremy Sisto

“My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I was not the product of a family, but a product of observation - of watching what went on around me, of watching who I liked, what I didn't like, what I thought was good behaviour and what I thought was bad behaviour and tailoring myself accordingly.”

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Author:Mark Strong

“Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.”

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Author:Richie Sambora

“I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.”

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Author:Ricky Skaggs

“My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.”

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Author:Steve Sabol

“I remember when I was younger. Dad's agent came round, and I asked if she would represent me. She didn't represent children at the time, but I wouldn't let her leave the house until she agreed. I've always been quite headstrong.”

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Author:Eleanor Tomlinson

“I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.”

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Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson

“When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.”

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Author:Bruno Tonioli

“My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.”

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Author:Jim Thome

“I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.”

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Author:Olivia Thirlby

“I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.”

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Author:Emily VanCamp

“My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.”

Kind Careers Dad My Dad Rascals

Author:Benjamin Walker

“We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.”

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Author:Bridgette Wilson

“My dad has always been my coach. And I've spent so much time with him. So he's one of my best friends. And I can talk to him about everything.”

I Can Dad My Dad Coaches My Best Friend

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.”

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Author:Dan Wheldon

“I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.”

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Author:David Walliams

“My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.”

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Author:Dominic West

“I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.”

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Author:Dominic West

“Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.”

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Author:Dylan Walsh

“People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.”

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Author:Jennifer Weiner

“My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.”

World Firsts Looks Said Wanted Hours Like You Dad My Dad Congratulations

Author:Lee Westwood

“Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.”

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Author:Lee Westwood

“When I was a teenager, my dad used to call me 'Hollywood' because I wore sunglasses all the time, even at night. Cue song.”

Used Night Song Dad Hollywood My Dad Teenager Call Me Sunglasses

Author:Michael Weatherly

“I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.”

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Author:Trisha Yearwood

“I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and under, and they're still in that intense mother-bonding phase. It might just be that. Because the dads haven't changed.”

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Author:Jen Kirkman

“My parents, last time we went to Ikea, got into a huge fight, almost got divorced. My dad accidentally put his fist through the wood. I don't know what it was made of. Just going there it's like a maze. My mom makes me go. I get lost. It's very stressful.”

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Author:Jedediah Bila

“My dad was a bartender that worked banquets. So that meant holidays, weekends, nights.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“There are other options that no one ever told you about. These are things mom and dad never explained to you; your teachers didn't know; they weren't enlightened. They weren't luminous beings that stood out of time and space.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.”

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Author:Vance Havner

“My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.”

Dad My Dad Comedian Buddy

Author:Al Franken

“My dad was a terrible businessman.”

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Author:Al Franken

“Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while and that was to help me get through school.”

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Author:Mia Love

“When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.”

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Author:Rich Lowry

“My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'”

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Author:Al Franken

“My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.”

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Author:Al Franken

“My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.”

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Author:Sanaa Lathan

“My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman. We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren't rich - but we felt secure.”

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Author:Al Franken

“My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.”

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Author:Al Franken

“My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.”

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Author:Al Franken

“Before I was going to be an actress, I was going to be a veterinarian! I thought I was one as a child. I was the kid who was like, 'Daddy! I want a kitty! It needs a mommy!' And my dad was such a sucker. Every time I would beg, with tears flying down my face, about how this animal needs love, needs a home. He would cave.”

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Author:AnnaLynne McCord

“Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.”

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Author:Joe Manganiello

“My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him.”

Mean Doe Mother Three Dad Married My Dad Zero Three Times

Author:Leslie Mann

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