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“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

“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.”

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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

“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 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

“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.”

Said Ends Age Young Difficult Personality Dad Battle Picks My Dad Nuclear Engineers Young Age Negotiating Scapegoat

Author:Faith Prince

“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.”

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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.”

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

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

“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

“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.”

Looks Littles Kids Today Asks Fun Dad Unique My Dad Jeans

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'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

“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.”

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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

“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 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.”

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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.”

Doe Book Facts Mother Lines Novel Mystery Adventure Dad Murder My Dad Obsession Spy Grandma Macho My Grandma Murder Mysteries Adventure Books Shoguns

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

“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

“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 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

“My dad was a big card player.”

Bigs Player Dad My Dad Cards

Author:Vince Vaughn

“I don't really have any childhood memories of my dad, unfortunately, .. I was 10 years old when he passed, so my memories are kind of skewed. I don't have many memories of my childhood, period.”

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Author:Lalah Hathaway

“I really want to do well at this upcoming match! I'm going to try really really hard! Because it may be my dad's first memory of a match. I really want to win.”

Want Trying Firsts Wells May Hard Winning Memories Dad Drama My Dad

Author:Kim Su-mi

“Ash has worked with my dad, so I have to call her Aunty, na?”

Dad My Dad Ashes

Author:Sonam Kapoor

“When you get in taekwondo, it teaches you the life skills of respect, self control, discipline-that's why I love it. I really attribute those skills to really getting over my dad's death. If I didn't have that, I would have lost it.”

Ifs Self Lost Teach Dad Discipline Skills My Dad Mma Attributes Self Control Life Skills Taekwondo

Author:Anthony Pettis

“People always want to ask me about my dad. Which I get because he's a phenomenal actor, and that's for the world, that's out there. But my mother is every bit as impressive and as important for the world as my dad is. It's just that she's not an actor.”

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Author:Domhnall Gleeson

“My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done two jobs before I was an actor. I worked in a petrol station and I worked in a supermarket.”

Thinking Two Done Reality Jobs Actors Teacher Dad Bases My Dad Stations Supermarkets Two Jobs Petrol

Author:Domhnall Gleeson

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