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“My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.”

Ifs Years School Guy Found Changed Dad Easier Army Moved My Dad New Friends Funny Guy

Author:Jason Gann

“The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.”

Years Real Reason Kids Young Company Tvs Type Dad Radio Oil Tape Oil Companies

Author:Zac Hanson

“As a kid, I would look at my dad and ask him why he was wearing jeans with his tux. Today I love to do it. It's just fun to be a little more unique.”

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Author:David Lauren

“My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine.”

Feels Three Father Imagine Dad Exciting My Dad Likes Boss Three Times My Best Friend

Author:David Lauren

“I was born in Scotland and have lived there all my life. I speak conversational Cantonese with my dad when I'm at home, and very basic Mandarin.”

Home Speak Born Dad My Dad Scotland

Author:Katie Leung

“Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad and my brother are the most important men in my life and I would do anything for them. I feel like I should be the one cooking and looking after them.”

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Author:Katie Leung

“My dad left when I was a little boy and I grew up with my mother's family. There were foundations in the U.S. where Jewish people got together and sent money to Cuba, so we got some of that. We were a poor family, but I was always a happy kid.”

People Littles Kids Together Mother Left Poor Boys Grew Dad Grew Up Foundation My Dad Cuba Little Boys Poor Family Happy Kid

Author:William Levy

“My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.”

Said Helping Dad My Dad Conviction Producers

Author:Thomas Langmann

“I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.”

Remember Player Football Dad My Dad Shoes

Author:Chaske Spencer

“My parents came to this country after World War II, Jews from Czechoslovakia who had survived Auschwitz and Dachau. They settled with my sister in rural Ohio in the 1950s, where my dad became the town doctor and I was born.”

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Author:Julie Salamon

“I was homeless for about 8 months, I refused to live with my dad or anyone for that matter. So I stayed somewhere that had no hot water, ever, no heat, I told myself I have to be strong and get through it on my own.”

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Author:Eric West

“I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.”

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Author:Graham Yost

“I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying the guitar that used to be his. We're the same person. I don't know if he realises how much of a legacy he has left to his children.”

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Author:Martha Wainwright

“As a pastor and as a dad, I want my son to know I tell the truth. He can read the book. He knows if I exaggerated or if I didn't. My son is forever gonna believe that I'm an honest person or I'm a liar by what I wrote in that book, because he can read.”

Ifs Knows Want Believe Persons Book Forever Honest Son Dad Telling The Truth Liars My Son Pastor Exaggerated Honest Person

Author:Todd Burpo

“My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.”

People Giving Kind Said Real Would Be Guy Dad Scripts Treatment Be Kind My Sister

Author:Rae Dawn Chong

“One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.”

World Giving School Order Heard Dad One Day Band High School My Dad Radio Albums Obsessed

Author:Lukas Haas

“My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men.”

Men Stuff Dad My Dad

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.”

Wanted My Own Figures Dad Let Me My Dad

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.”

Father Figures Dad My Dad Intimidating Father Figure

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.”

Dad My Dad Endeavor Supportive

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, 'Are you wearing makeup?' I would say back, 'You're wearing more makeup there than I am!”

Firsts Asks Dad My Dad Makeup Lipstick Wearing Makeup

Author:Georgia May Jagger

“My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.”

Trying Teach Dad My Dad Piano Referring Archery

Author:Miranda Leek

“My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it.”

Thinking Years Wells Looks Ends Next Goal Talking Achieve Serious Dad Crosses My Dad Next Year

Author:Miranda Leek

“My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.”

Littles Play Mom Dad Guitar My Dad My Mom Banjos

Author:Page McConnell

“I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.”

Years Persons Stills Helping Dad My Dad Active Engineers Switzerland Civil Engineer

Author:Claude Nicollier

“You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.”

Source: Robert Frost on writing

“Every dad is the family role model, whether he wants the job or not.”

Want Jobs Father Roles Dad Models Role Models

Book:Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage

Source: Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage

“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.”

Hands Father Voice Memories Dad Spokes Deaf

Book:Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love

Source: Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love

“When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated, so we were watching popular movies. My dad liked cowboy movies, so we were watching cowboy movies. Some of them were amazing. It’s a genre of movie I like very much.”

Kids Wanted Parent Class Watches Dad My Dad Educated Genre Working Class Cowboy Cowboy Movie Popular Movie

Author:Olivier Martinez

“My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.”

Giving Years Process Taught Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Giving Back

Author:Robert Griffin III

“I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid.”

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Author:Donal Logue

“I love my dad; I'm a daddy's girl, all the way.”

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Author:Molly Quinn

“When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.”

Ifs Knows Kids Age Used Guy Fiction Watches Dad Appreciate Science Fiction My Dad Sat Terrified Orange Inappropriate Clockwork

Author:Duncan Jones

“My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.”

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Author:Christopher Bollen

“I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.”

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Author:Eddie Izzard

“If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.”

People Ifs Dad Folks Gender Racist Gender Equality Sexist Gum Anti Racist

Author:Johnnetta B. Cole

“Of course with John McCain out of the race, George W. Bush has to pick a running mate. Which is kind of a scary proposition when you think about it. I mean his dad picked Dan Quayle, an he isn't as smart as his dad.”

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Author:Jay Leno

“My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad, ... That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.”

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Author:Jessica Simpson

“There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".”

Said Play Pieces Advice Talent College Dad Guitar My Dad One Piece

Author:John Denver

“As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights.”

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Author:Jim Gaffigan

“Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.”

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Author:Bobby Hull

“I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.”

Littles Wanted Night Girl Father Dad Tables Italian Every Night Skinny Ballerina Voluptuous Meatballs Italian Girl

Author:Lady Gaga

“We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years, when things were tough, but my dad always had a job. But I had a great time. I was kind of restless, and I had a hard time staying in school all day, so me and a few pals would duck out and go out on these various adventures.”

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Author:James Arness

“I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.”

Ifs Want Stills Winning Taught Dad Daughter My Daughter Thankfulness

Author:Jamie Foxx

“I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“Rich dad has taught me "You can't do it" doesn't necessarily mean "you can't". It more often means "they can't".”

Mean Rich Taught Dad Rich Dad

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this young actress proves there's another young child actress in Hollywood besides Dakota Fanning.”

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Author:Richard Roeper

“It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.”

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Author:Yeardley Smith

“I used to hate being different. I used to cry. I wanted to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed like all of my girlfriends. My mom and dad would feel so badly - 'No, it's OK. You'll be happy you're different later.”

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Author:Kiana Tom

“My dad was a big card player.”

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Author:Vince Vaughn

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