“My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.” DifferentMotherMomTypePersonalityDadMy DadMy MomWarmTypicalJewish Mother Author:Peter R. Orszag
“I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.” IfsKnowsWantDifferentSoundHonestDadMetsMy FamilyMy DadHorribleBeing HonestBotherMum Author:Sally Pearson
“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.” NeedsGivingTwoDifferentParentMomDadApproachPermissionDifferent Approach Author:Bridgette Wilson
“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.'” KindDifferentFacesSuccessfulSonDadAreasKind WordsZionOldest Son Author:Dwyane Wade
“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.” IfsWorldWayTryingYearsWellsMeanChildrenDifferentWholeLastsAnimalChangedDadHundredIllExperimentsWhole WorldOne WayDifferent WaysExaggerationUnkind Author:Richard Adams
“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.” FeelsDifferentWantedUsedHateCryMomDadBlueMy MomGirlfriendBlondeBeing DifferentMy GirlfriendMom And DadBlue Eyed Author:Kiana Tom
“My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.” DifferentPlayWantedFatherDadMy DadGrandfatherMy GrandfatherDotsDifferent Music Author:Elvis Costello
“My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different music. He wanted to sing about peace. He believed in these things.” DifferentPlayWantedJobsDadBandMajorsMy DadQuittingSteadyDifferent Music Author:Elvis Costello
“My dad was in the Swedish armed forces, he was always reading up on different weapons from the Americans and Soviets. When I was a kid, I was in bed looking at his books, reading about the Red Army. So I was very aware of it. I had an interest in military matters ever since.” BookDifferentMatterKidsReadingForceInterestMilitaryDadBedWeaponsRedArmyMy DadBook ReadingArmed ForcesSwedishRed Army Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Just as the Depression left a generation of dads feeling they never had enough money, so father deprivation is leaving a generation of sons and daughters with different psychic wounds.” DifferentEnoughFeelingsFatherLeftGenerationsSonDadDaughterLeavingWoundsPsychicsHad EnoughDeprivationSon And Daughter Author:Warren Farrell
“I guess I'm what you call a slush-piler. I just sent my manuscripts to the slush pile of publishers and hoped for the best. Over seven years, I was rejected seven times on three different books. The fourth attempt was picked up by a small publisher, and I still have great memories of staying up all night, talking to my brother and sisters (my dad called me at 2:30 in the morning because I was overseas).” YearsStillsBookDifferentNightThreeMemoriesTalkingMorningBrotherDadSevenMy DadMy BrotherStayingFourthRejectedPublishersBrothers And SistersSeven YearsAll NightManuscriptsUp All NightGreat MemoriesDifferent BooksSlush Author:Markus Zusak
“In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives.” DifferentEndsGuyComedyOur LivesDadOriginalsScriptsPeter Author:Paul Reiser
“It's a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He's not his dad, not his grandpa. He's 28 years old.” YearsDifferentStoriesKidsPoliticsDadNorth KoreaGrandpa Author:Dennis Rodman
“The kids accepted my drinking as a part of life. Not a particularly pernicious part. I didn't beat up on them. Basically I don't think I was so different from a lot of dads who have three or four martinis when they get in from work, wine with dinner and so on.” ThinkingDifferentKidsThreeFourDadBeatsWineDrinkingDinnerAcceptedParts Of LifePerniciousMartini Author:Stephen King
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“I don't want to misrepresent who I am personally. I don't want my kids to see me on a talk show and say, "You're talking different" or "You look different, dad." I'm not gonna be an animal; I know how to conduct myself.” KnowsWantLooksDifferentShowsKidsAnimalTalkingKnow HowDadWho I AmTalk Shows Author:Michael Rapaport
“I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentRealWholeHomeKidsTogetherSpiritualThreeChurchTalkingWorryWifeProduceMomDadCrisisMy WifeHopefullyGuaranteesPretendingBeing RealContributingGuarantees ThatMom And DadHopefully Not Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs.” DifferentNightDogDadMy DadClubsMics Author:Rachel Trachtenburg
“The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and sexually abused and because I felt different than everybody else and I had this big huge secret that was tearing me apart.” WritingLittlesDifferentReasonBigsKidsFeltSecretHugeDadBeatenLittle KidSexuallySan Diego Author:Dorianne Laux
“When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did JUDO so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.” YearsArtDifferentFeltStuffMissingBrotherDadTenMovedMy DadVariousDifferent ThingsMartial ArtsGave UpJudoMissing OutKickboxing Author:Scott Adkins
“Growing up, I didn't have television. My dad would make up stories and tell me stories, so my imagination ran wild. When I did see films, which was very few and far between, that was such an interesting medium that was so new to me. It wasn't something that was just part of my life, so it was really appealing and so different that I enjoyed that.” DifferentStoriesFilmImaginationInterestingGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionDadMy DadMediumsEnjoyedRanMy Imagination Author:Shiloh Fernandez
“[My mom] worries about me going and taking drugs, whereas my dad advises me on what drugs to take and what ones not to take. So, they're very different.” DifferentWorryMomDadDrugMy DadMy MomAdvise Author:Charli XCX
“My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us.” DifferentHardPlayGamesForceBehindsTaughtHard WorkDadBaseballMy DadWork OutInfatuated Author:Rafael Palmeiro
“Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old. Mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life.” LifeYearsDifferentRememberLeftMomDadLimelightDifferent Life Author:Julian Lennon
“I love women. I actually prefer girls, as a parent, because they disappoint at a different age. They go through that, "Dad's an idiot," which lasted a little longer than I'd like.” LittlesDifferentAgeGirlParentDadIdiotDisappointDifferent Ages Author:Tim Allen
“I started playing drums at a pretty early age because my parents were musicians. My dad was an amazing multi-instrumentalist and I can play a lot of instruments, but my dad actually played all the instruments I could play and then added another twenty five or thirty five different categories on there ...he was incredible! He got an act actually in Vegas, my parents Bobby and Phyllis Sherwood.” I CanDifferentPlayAgeParentFiveDadMusicianTwentiesInstrumentsIncrediblesMy DadThirtyCategoriesVegasTwenty FivePlaying DrumsInstrumentalists Author:Billy Sherwood
“My earliest influences would definitely be my father, just seeing him play in different bands and going to his shows and going to the rehearsals. You know what I'm saying, it was the typical story of a son looking up to his dad. So the years that my father was around, my father was my biggest influence.” KnowsYearsDifferentPlayStoriesShowsFatherSeeingInfluenceSonDadBandTypicalRehearsal Author:Jon Connor
“My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different.” DifferentMatterMightWantedUsedAnswersDadNo Matter WhatYeahMy DadCall Me Author:Arlene Dickinson
“Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist.” DifferentDoneLife IsArtistDadAfternoonJust BeingBeing An Artist Author:Chris Robinson
“It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to jail, or if you have a car. If you talk to a girl who goes to art school, what's cool to her is if you do art projects on the weekend with your dad, if you can build something - out-of-the-norm stuff.” IfsArtIdeasDifferentSchoolGirlStuffCarDadProjectsJailWeekendNormArt SchoolYour DadArt Projects Author:Anthony Mackie
“I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. Because he operates as if he's a child and everything is new, which seems more honest.” PeopleIfsThinkingChildrenHas BeensDifferentStatesSeemsHonestMomDadMy DadMy MomDementia Author:Blake Butler
“Dad's tiny - his passport picture is a full-length shot. He looks like he just hopped off a key ring. Mum is a different matter, she's a bit of a handful to say the least. I love her more than anyone on this Earth. But she's a monster.” LooksDifferentMatterEarthBitsKeysDadShotsTinyMonstersRingsLengthMumHandfulPassports Author:Ricky Hatton
“I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's first wedding! And my brother's mother - my dad's first wife - is the sister to my mom's first husband's second wife. So my brothers are both stepcousins and stepbrothers. It's very '70s rock.” MenFirstsDifferentMotherThreeFatherParentWifeRocksBrotherMomDadHusbandMy DadMy MomCombinationMy BrotherOlder Brother Author:Inara George
“My dad and I are very different people. For example, he's been stabbed; I'm afraid of bugs. He's a mechanic; I once had to exchange a "broken" rental car because I didn't realize I was driving around with the parking brake on. I could keep going, but you get it.” PeopleDifferentRealizingCarExampleBrokenDadMy DadDrivingKeep GoingMechanicBugsDifferent PeoplesParkingBrakeCar Rental Author:Jason Mulgrew
“Lemurs are good parents but they do it in different ways. I originally studied father care. I was very interested in that and we saw that a lot of these animals that lived in pairs and the father wasn't doing anything at all for the first month. But then suddenly, when the baby got to be a certain weight then the dads chipped in and started carrying the babies which was very nice. And then if there was twins or triplets then they helped.” IfsWayFirstsDifferentCareCertainFatherParentAnimalSawsNiceBabyMonthsDadWeightDifferent WaysPairsTwinsVery NiceGood ParentTripletLemurs Author:Patricia Wright
“I come from a different generation from my Dad.” DifferentGenerationsDadMy DadDifferent Generations Author:George W. Bush
“I talk different, I walk different, everything. I don't have one single bad memory [there]. Not one. It was my sanctuary. I hated school, wasn't good in school, and me and my dad butted heads about that. But nothing mattered when I went home to Alabama.” DifferentHomeSchoolMemoriesWalksDadMy DadHatedSanctuaryAlabamaBad Memories Author:Channing Tatum
“Jason [Nash] is just someone that I've known socially and through his stand-up, seeing him do different comedy shows, and I just really like him. I think he's a funny guy and he has a unique perspective on being a dad and a husband.” ThinkingDifferentShowsGuyKnownComedySeeingPerspectiveDadHusbandUniqueJasonBeing A DadComedy ShowsFunny GuyUnique Perspective Author:Busy Philipps
“I'm taking drama classes, they say I'm a natural actress. I think it's just because I talk a lot. I'm also learning how to play guitar and piano. Piano is really hard though. My dad is teaching me and I just get so confused because the chords are so different, but by learning I hope to be able to be a songwriter as well.” ThinkingWellsDifferentHardPlayAbleNaturalClassTeachingDadDramaGuitarMy DadActressesPianoConfusedSongwritersChordsSo ConfusedDrama Class Author:Lindsay Pagano
“I feel like it's me singing back to myself as a younger person and saying have confidence in being a bit different. I really felt I didn't fit in. My dad was from the Caribbean, my mum was English, we lived in quite a white area but we were quite poor, but also quite brainy, and I was a really, really skinny child so I felt a bit awkward about all these things.” FeelsChildrenPersonsDifferentFeltBitsWhitePoorDadFitSingingAreasMy DadAwkwardMumSkinnyHave ConfidenceCaribbean Author:Corinne Bailey Rae
“I started playing violin because I was fascinated by how violin players could play so fast. I would buy their cassettes, and learn different concertos, but then I started rounding out my collection. My dad was a big jazz fan, so I just started hearing a lot more soul music. I loved Little Stevie Wonder, and I got really into him as a singer and a writer as I got older.” LittlesDifferentSoulPlayBigsWonderPlayerFansDadJazzMy DadHearingSingersCollectionsFascinatedViolinMusic SoulCassettes Author:Toby Lightman
“My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite 80's driven, so I was always surrounded by music growing up.” DifferentParentGrowing UpGrowingStyleDadMy DadDrivenMumDifferent StylesMotown Author:Ella Henderson
“[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.” DifferentCoursesHouseStarsSoundHeardParticularDadFilledJazzMy DadImpressionProducersGiantsUnclesMusic BusinessMusic ProducerDixieland Author:Billy Crystal
“Meditating takes on a different quality when someone taps you on the shoulder and says, "Dad, why are you sleeping like that?"” DifferentSleepQualityDadShouldersMeditating Author:Misha Collins
“I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but I knew I wanted to do something in the visual arts. And I'd always been around my dad's film sets, so the interest was there. But I didn't have the guts to say, "I want to be a director," especially coming from that family.” KnowsWantArtDifferentWantedSchoolFilmInterestDadDirectorsMy DadBunchVisualsGutsDifferent ThingsArt SchoolVisual ArtFilm Set Author:Sofia Coppola
“It came time to go to college. My dad said, go wherever you want. Take whatever you want. He just really believed in getting out and being exposed to different things.” WantSaidDifferentCollegeDadMy DadDifferent ThingsExposed Author:Ray Liotta
“When I grew up in Seattle, by the way, in the 70's, it was a fishing village. There were loggers and fishers and my dad had a sewer company and it wasn't the way Seattle is now. Culturally, it was very different back then.” WayDifferentCompanyGrewDadGrew UpMy DadFishingVillageSeattleSewers Author:Rainn Wilson
“Dad and Mom were frustrated artists - Dad wanted to study engineering or architecture and Mom wanted to be an actress - but the world was a different place when they were young so Dad became a public works foreman and Mom became a stay-at-home mom. When I said I wanted to be a writer, they were thrilled. They did everything in their power to support me.” WorldSaidDifferentHomeWantedYoungArtistSupportStudyMomDadActressesArchitectureEngineeringFrustratedDifferent PlaceStay At HomeSupport MeStay At Home Mom Author:Eden Robinson
“I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my backyard. My grandfather had emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. My mom and dad built everything that matters in a small town in southern Indiana. They built a family and a good name and a business, and they raised a family.” DifferentCountryMatterAgeNamesBoysFieldsSonGrewMomDadGrew UpBuiltTownsRaisedMy MomMy SonSouthernGrandfatherSmall TownCornMy GrandfatherBackyardsIndianaMom And Dad Author:Mike Pence
“I had a different upbringing - my dad worked three jobs. You know, it wasn't as easy as they had it.” KnowsDifferentJobsThreeEasyDadMy DadUpbringing Author:Robert Davi