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“My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.”

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“I built up a knowledge of 1960s and '70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I'd sit up with my mum and watch films - 'How I Won the War' and the films of Richard Lester, Karel Reisz and John Schlesinger.”

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Author:Nick Moran

“I'm a huge fan of John Hughes and can say that 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' is easily a top 3 favorite. I'm also a huge fan of all the Second City talent, and I think my Dad and Bill Murray are long lost twins.”

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Author:Ryan McPartlin

“I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.”

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Author:Shay Mitchell

“In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did law, but no-one ever thinks they're middle-class - they're just working class because they speak with accents.”

People Thinking Art Law Speak Forget Class Middle Brother Dad Journalist Middle Class Accents Working Class Art History Trilogies

Author:Denise Mina

“When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.”

I Can Dad Hey Payment

Author:Eleanor Mondale

“Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.”

Knows States House Dad Built Towns Moved Native Moved On

Author:Gerald McRaney

“My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it.”

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Author:St. Vincent

“My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.”

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Author:Allison Williams

“I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.”

Actors Dad Directors My Dad Designer Cameraman

Author:Joe Wright

“I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.”

Company Dad My Dad Ease

Author:Samuel West

“I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.”

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Author:Dweezil Zappa

“I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.”

People Ifs Missing Dad Elements My Dad Vans Hendrix Van Halen

Author:Dweezil Zappa

“My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.”

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Author:Moon Unit Zappa

“I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.”

Kids Dad Good Dad Father Time

Author:Steve Zahn

“I was a Liverpool fan simply because my dad followed them. Unfortunately I wasn't born when the team had their golden era, but I enjoyed watching the likes of Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman when I was growing up. When Liverpool won the Champions League last year, I went mad. I was shouting so loud I think I woke up the entire village where I live!”

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Author:Theo Walcott

“My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.”

Three Half Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Quarters Lebanese

Author:Tom Shadyac

“As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.”

“If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.”

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Author:Jay-Z

“My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.”

Issues Dad Responsible My Dad

Author:Steven Spielberg

“I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.”

Ifs Mom Dad Boundaries More Money Your Mom Mom And Dad

Author:Alexa Vega

“People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak.”

People I Can Speak Language Dad My Dad Adopted Finland

Author:Nico

“My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.”

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Author:Nico

“Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world is among the very best. I was so pleased he was able to do it, and he absolutely brought the house down. It was brilliant, hysterically funny, and perfectly pitched for the occasion. He made the evening. I'd recommend him unreservedly.”

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Author:Derren Brown

“I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of 'Dad.'”

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Author:Dwyane Wade

“I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.”

Pride Dad Terrible Husband Good Dad

Author:Dwyane Wade

“I'm always on the court with my dad.”

Dad Court My Dad

Author:Venus Williams

“A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!”

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Author:Steven Gerrard

“My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.”

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Author:Big Sean

“I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.”

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Author:Ace Frehley

“It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.”

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Author:Dawn French

“My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.”

Ifs Believe Ability Taught Dad Sells My Dad Salesman

Author:Marilyn Manson

“My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15.”

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Author:Elliott Yamin

“One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.”

Ifs Want Firsts I Can Play Helping Wanted Parent Goal Brother Mom Dad One Day Beats Ultimate My Dad My Mom My Brother Tennis Ultimate Goal

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“I was raised a Southern Baptist, and my whole family were Christians. However, my Dad was really into science and astronomy, so I felt very balanced. I still had respect for faith.”

Stills Whole Christian Felt Dad Raised My Dad Astronomy Southern Balanced Baptists Whole Family Southern Baptist

Author:Craig Brewer

“The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another suburban dad flipping though the channels with his remote.”

Men Years Dad Aging Finals Beard Bin Laden

Author:Peter Bergen

“My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.”

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Author:Andrew Dost

“I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.”

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Author:Jermain Defoe

“I would lay awake nights and cry a lot thinking, is my dad gonna come home? Is he gonna go to jail again? Is he going to get killed?”

Thinking Home Night Cry Dad Lays My Dad Awake Coming Home Jail

Author:Victoria Gotti

“When you're a child, the most important thing is to be able to live a life of comfort. You want to be sure that the moon goes up at night and the sun comes up in the morning and dad comes home from work.”

Want Children Important Home Able Night Morning Sun Dad Comfort Moon Important Things Come Up Coming Home

Author:Keegan-Michael Key

“I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.”

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Author:Faith Prince

“I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.”

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Author:Matt Roper

“My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong.”

Mother Strong Mom Dad Train My Dad My Mom Gym Embarrassing Competitors

Author:Booboo Stewart

“I usually travel with a lot of people, like my dad, mom and sisters.”

People Mom Dad My Dad

Author:Booboo Stewart

“When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.”

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Author:Nia Vardalos

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.”

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Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

“Tejano music was hard for us because I was a girl. My dad had a lot of problems while trying to set up shows for us or presentations because there are a lot of men who don't think that women can get the attention of the public. But ... wrong!”

Thinking Men Trying Hard Shows Problem Girl Attention Dad My Dad Presentation

Author:Selena

“How do they find out with the experiments?''...one way they can find out a whole lot is to make an animal ill and then try different ways to make it better until they find one that works.''But isn't that unkind to the animal?''Well, I suppose it is...but I mean, there isn't a dad anywhere who would hesitate, is there, if he knew it was going to make [his child] better? It's changed the whole world during the last hundred years, and that's no exaggeration.”

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Author:Richard Adams

“My rich dad taught me to focus on passive income and spend my time acquiring the assets that provide passive or long term residual income...passive income from capital gains, dividends, residual income from business, rental income from real estate, and royalties.”

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Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take any monster, slap a bad dad into his past, and all of a sudden he’s just another lost soul, lashing out. And you were the poor lady that got in the way. They’ll argue you lacked compassion. You were the one who took things too far.”

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Author:Jeremy Robert Johnson

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