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“I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store. I grew up learning to do more with less. And I have been saying, you know, Washington needs to do the same.”

Grew Dad Grew Up My Dad Stores Ran Arizona

Author:Ann Kirkpatrick

“'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.”

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Author:Ellie Goulding

“Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.”

Knows Home Body Used Stuff Saws Dad Murder Patient My Dad Used To Be Shocked Alzheimer Alzheimer's

Author:Ellie Goulding

“My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.”

Want Persons Class Fields Dad My Dad Nfl And Off

Author:Peyton Manning

“My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.”

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Author:Andrew Luck

“My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.”

Mean Hands Football Dad My Dad Nfl

Author:Adrian Peterson

“With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line.”

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Author:Russell Wilson

“I was taught very well. My mom raised me very well, and so did my dad. I've been very blessed to have great parents that cared about me.”

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Author:Justin Bieber

“My dad was a huge basketball influence in my life on and off the court. Playing for him and having him around, having him push me harder than maybe another coach would have was a huge blessing for me. Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it's some of the funnest times I've had in basketball, and I'll cherish those memories forever.”

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Author:Blake Griffin

“I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.”

Want Years Long Used Night Steps Dad Research My Dad Flying All Night Ufo

Author:Rihanna

“Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.”

Ifs Years Kids Opportunity Games Sports Parent Challenges Team Huge Dad My Dad Coaches Being The Best Pitching Softball

Author:Jennie Finch

“I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.”

Inspiration Dad My Family My Dad

Author:Guy Fieri

“I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.”

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Author:Ashley Greene

“My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.”

“My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.”

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Book:Gone Girl: A Novel

Source: Gone Girl: A Novel

“My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs.”

Different Night Dog Dad My Dad Clubs Mics

Author:Rachel Trachtenburg

“My dad wrote a song about the people in the slides. I started playing harmonica. I was only six.”

People Song Dad Six My Dad Slides Harmonicas

Author:Rachel Trachtenburg

“I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didnt spend that much time with him. I used to put head phones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and kind of had a weird bonding in a way.”

Way Trying Wells Used Found Parent Dad My Dad Divorced Bonding Headphones

Author:Teddy Thompson

“I caught the acting bug from my dad.”

Acting Dad My Dad Caught Bugs

Author:Finn Wittrock

“My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible.”

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Author:Emilia Clarke

“One of the things I always believed in was my dad came to America and he was a very talented musician, but he couldn't make a living that way so he had to support his family as an auto mechanic which he also loved doing. He was also such a great dad because when I first told him I thought I wanted to go into show business, his response was okay, that's interesting.”

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Author:Denis Leary

“My dad told me this: You get out of it what you put into it. If you put in effort and log your time, you'll get the results.”

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Author:Tiger Woods

“I've listened to Dylan my entire life. My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. It opened up a whole world of this music that I'm now obsessed with.”

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Author:Oscar Isaac

“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.”

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Author:Clint Eastwood

“I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.”

Trying Important Dad My Dad New Things Keep Trying Experimentation Trying New Things

Author:S. Robson Walton

“You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.”

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Author:Courteney Cox

“My dad used to put me in front of the TV screen and made me watch old Jimmy Durante and Dean Martin movies. I just always loved entertainment.”

Made Used Watches Fronts Tvs Dad My Dad Entertainment Screens Jimmy Dean

Author:James Wolk

“I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.”

Long Mother Parent Grew Dad Grew Up Distance My Dad Drivers Long Distance Birmingham Barbados Catering Lorry

Author:David Harewood

“I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.”

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Author:Mark Wahlberg

“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.”

People Company Careers Worst Dad Paid My Dad Lots Of Money Businessman Best Company

Author:Topher Grace

“The script for 'In Good Company' was the first one I ever showed my dad.”

Firsts Company Dad My Dad Scripts Good Company

Author:Topher Grace

“I'm Italian. I love to cook Italian food, so I learned from my dad how to make sauce and meatballs and all that stuff. With my wife and kids, I started making homemade pasta. The very first time, I didn't have a pasta maker, so I had to cut it with a knife, the old-school way! The noodles were all jacked up, but it was fun.”

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Author:Joey Fatone

“My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.”

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Book:The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works

Source: The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works

“You push a button and it goes all over the world and on Sunday people are saying, 'Oh, I binge watched all 10 of them. Where's more?' and you go oh, the world has changed. It's not my dad walking to the television set and turning a knob to Ed Sullivan.”

People World Changed Television Dad Walking My Dad Sunday Buttons Binge Knobs Ed Sullivan

Author:Jeffrey Tambor

“Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.”

Men Real Hero Dad My Dad Real Heroes

Author:Jessica Chastain

“My dad loves to cook. I'm half Thai, and growing up that's all we ate in my house. My dad was very big on the idea that dinnertime and cooking time was also family time.”

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Author:Brenda Song

“My dad was always fascinated and amused by Trump, so I learned to be fascinated and amused by Trump.”

Trump Dad My Dad Fascinated Amused

Author:Willie Geist

“My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.”

Mother Reading Dad My Dad Performers Frustrated Nicholson

Author:Michael Sheen

“In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.”

Ifs Trouble Dad My Family My Dad

Author:Joel Courtney

“I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'”

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Author:Aretha Franklin

“My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.”

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Author:Sam Shepard

“People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.”

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Author:Giancarlo Esposito

“I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.”

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Author:Nat Wolff

“I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.”

World Actors Worst Dad My Dad Uncles

Author:Laurence Fox

“You could probably go three or four months without the word 'God' coming from my dad's mouth; Mum would pray for a parking space.”

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Author:Laurence Fox

“My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.”

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Author:Katharine Isabelle

“My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.”

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Author:Vince Vaughn

“I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and Westworld, where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me.”

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Author:Kimberly Elise

“I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad.”

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Author:Brian J. White

“When my father died in my arms it had such a profound affect on me that at that very moment when my dad passed I realized that I needed to face my own fears.”

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Author:Criss Angel

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