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“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.”

Art Natural Kings Dad Dancing My Dad Clubs Tigers Stylish Ballroom Ballroom Dancing Prowling

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.”

Made Matter School Walks Doors Dad High School My Dad Impression Lasting Lasting Impressions

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.”

Looks Style Dad Cooking My Dad Cooks Excellent Ingredients Fridges

Author:Olivia Thirlby

“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

“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

“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.”

Kind Littles Used Dad Dresses My Dad Japan Call Me My Sister Uncles Dressings Embarrassment Dolls Silk Gowns

Author:David Walliams

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

Parent Dad My Dad Ireland Mum

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.”

Knows Shows Guy Felt Tvs Dad India Yeah Moved My Dad Odd Traveled Tv Shows Coming Back Appreciated Indonesia Foreign Service

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.”

People Men Giving Writing I Can Left Break Dad Give Me My Dad

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.”

Made Used Games Winning Childhood Dad My Dad Made It Nuts Mum

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

“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.”

Dad My Dad Banquets Bartender

Author:Marco Rubio

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

Home Used Father Church Sleep Dad Adults My Dad Fathers Day Nursery

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.”

Dad Terrible My Dad Businessman

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.”

People Two Hard Helping School Growing Up Growing Seeing Fronts Dad Catholic My Dad Seats Help Me Toilets Catholic School

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.”

Firsts Wanted Rooms Nice Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Shirts Pairs Emergencies Flu Ambulance Emergency Room

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.'”

Kind Running Kids Teacher Dad Bills My Dad Bully Playgrounds Bill O Reilly

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.”

Years Made Real School Mom Dad High School My Dad My Mom Graduates Estates Printing Salesman Part Time Graduating High School

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.”

Thinking Mom Becoming Dad Directors My Dad My Mom Actresses Producers Dancer

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.”

Two School House Felt Rich Dad High School My Dad Secure Parks Bedroom Baths Printing Salesman Minnesota

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.”

School Parent Careers Dad High School My Dad Graduates Lots Of Money Printing Salesman Working Life Graduating High School

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.”

Beautiful Views Behinds Dad My Dad Humankind Magnificent

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.”

Want Needs Children Home Kids Faces Animal Tears Dad My Dad Actresses Flying Caves Daddy Sucker Kitties Need Love Veterinarian

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.”

Thinking Want I Can Wanted Achieve Honest Son Dad Prove My Dad Athlete Being Honest

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

“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.”

Thinking Long Lost Cities Fans Talent Huge Dad Bills Train My Dad Planes Twins Automobile Second City

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

“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.”

Kids Remember Used Car Particular Dad Stones My Dad Royal Scams Used To Love Steely Dan

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.”

Thinking House Dad My Dad Grandparent Hbo Switching Abbey Pbs Joking Around Sneaking Out Grandparents House

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.”

Long Black Dad My Dad Suits Sleeves Bathing Bathing Suits Turtlenecks

Author:Moon Unit Zappa

“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!”

Thinking Years Lasts Born Growing Up Growing Team Fans Dad Mad My Dad Likes Golden Enjoyed Eras Loud League Champion Village Last Year Shouting Liverpool Champions League Liverpool Fans

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

“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.”

Dad My Dad Clever Managers Great Men Competent Very Clever Great Managers

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'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!”

Ifs Kids Moving Names Dad My Dad If I Could Mates Kicking Gutters Bryan

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

“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

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