“There was a lot of drama in school because, well, people have problems at home and they take it out on their friends in school. Trying to impress people, they became bullies. I hated it because I know what it's like to be picked on, and I never liked not fitting in, especially moving around so much as a kid because I was an Army brat. My dad was in the Army.” PeopleKnowsTryingWellsProblemHomeKidsSchoolMovingDadDramaArmyMy DadHatedImpressBullyFittingBratNot FittingArmy Brat Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I stay with my family. I try to be a good husband and good dad. That's my real life.” TryingRealDadHusbandMy FamilyReal LifeGood HusbandGood Dad Author:Omar Sy
“When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours"; or, "My dad is stronger than yours." Children identify with this or that, trying to build up a sense of self - a mentally defined sense of self.” TryingChildrenI CanSelfCan DoCarDadBiggerStrongerMy DadDefinedSense Of SelfI Can Do This Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I don't have like whatever, so I'm just like, "Oh man, I'm just going to try to stay out of most people's way and get a taco and enjoy myself as much as I can," because it's such a beautiful town. Beautiful weather. I called my dad that day to tell him what was going on with my passport and he was like, "Yeah it snowed four inches today. It's ten degrees outside." I'm just like, "Cool. I'm glad I'm in Austin, no matter what."” PeopleMenWayTryingI CanMatterTodayBeautifulEnjoyFourDadTenDegreesTownsNo Matter WhatYeahMy DadGladWeatherInchesPassportsAustinTacos Author:Justin Vernon
“I'd clash with my dad over other things, you know, like difference of opinion and me getting testosterone, you know what I'm saying? Me feeling like I'm a little tough, being a teenager. But my big brother would come in drunk and really, really try my dad and I didn't want to do that.” KnowsWantTryingLittlesFeelingsBigsDifferencesOpinionBrotherDadToughMy DadDrunkTeenagerClashTestosteroneDifferences Of OpinionBeing A TeenagerMy Big Brother Author:Ryan Montgomery
“The work that I've been trying to do with violence against women and children comes from seeing quite a bit of violence. I just think it's important that we try to help the young boys who are watching the fathers do it - because if it's OK for the fathers to do it, then these young boys are watching their dads and going, well, nothing's happening to them, so maybe this is OK. But actually, this violence needs to stop in the sandpits.” IfsThinkingNeedsTryingWellsChildrenImportantHelpingYoungFatherBitsBoysViolenceSeeingDadHappeningsViolence Against Women Author:Kelly LeBrock
“My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'” KnowsTryingSaidWantedUsedFatherDadLateAccomplishToo LateFatherhoodFathers DayFather SonNever Too LateBest FatherFathers Day InspirationalHappy Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GodHappy Fathers Day MomFathers Day ImagesHappy Fathers Day Greetings Author:Michael Jordan
“Embraced by the Light. It's about a woman who passed away during surgery, and she went to heaven, had her experience, and then came back. My dad [Robert Kardashian] would try to get me to read it, and I wouldn't. Then when he passed away, I was cleaning out my room in his house, and I found it. I read it, and it helped me. I felt like my dad was okay.” TryingLightFoundHouseHeavenFeltRoomsDadOkayMy DadSurgeryCleaningPassed Away Author:Kim Kardashian
“My dad told me at the very beginning of my career, basically, "If you're gonna have a megaphone, you're gonna need to use it to do some kind of good." He has always been aggravated by any kind of celebrities that don't have any charities or love or passion or something they're trying to help.” IfsNeedsTryingKindHelpingUsePassionCareersDadCharityMy DadAggravated Author:Ben Feldman
“Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingDifferentEndsStoriesStageCarCryExampleKeysDadLosingJokesMy DadTricksUpsetDifferent WaysGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHaircutsCar KeysNew GirlfriendNew Haircut Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Those are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying not to step into something and get a call, "Dad why'd you say that?"! But we'd go to games [where score wasn't kept], and I'd get it, but I wouldn't get it, because I think there's a real value in winners and losers, in not everybody getting a trophy - it makes you work hard, you appreciate what it takes, to say, "Why didn't we win?" You shouldn't be condemned for losing.” ThinkingKnowsTryingRealHardValuesGamesWinningStepsGrowing UpGrowingHard WorkDadLosingDaughterAppreciateWinnerScoreMy DaughterLoserReal ThingsTrophiesReal ValueWinner And Loser Author:Billy Crystal
“I think it's a confusing, tough thing. I mean, I can imagine in this situation. Being a single dad myself now and trying to do the right thing in your children's eyes and in the eyes of your friends and family and all that and then at the other end of the spectrum, you're also trying to date and you want to be yourself and you want to let go.” ThinkingWantTryingMeanChildrenI CanEndsEyeSituationImagineDadLetting GoToughYour ChildrenRight ThingBeing YourselfFamily And FriendsConfusingSpectrumTough ThingsSingle Dad Author:Chris Harrison
“I didn't have a blueprint from my childhood that I could call on, which is an enormous deficit when you're trying to put together a family life. I didn't see a family life where men were thriving inside of it. You know, my dad tended to blame the family for his inability to achieve what he wanted to achieve, you know? So, unfortunately, I was coming from that particular frame of mind.” KnowsMenTryingMindWantedTogetherChildhoodAchieveParticularDadBlameMy DadEnormousInabilityDeficitFamily LifeBlueprintsFrame Of Mind Author:Bruce Springsteen
“That is like in my parents' generation, Walter Cronkite. If you were gonna go into broadcasting, if you weren't gonna be Walter Cronkite, you may as well not go into it. Even after I'd try and tell my parents that he was the epitome of left-wing bias. Well, my dad knew it. My grandfather wouldn't believe it.” IfsTryingBelieveWellsMayLeftParentGenerationsDadWingsMy DadGrandfatherBiasMy GrandfatherLeft WingBroadcastingEpitome Author:Rush Limbaugh
“For me and movies - and it is kind of similar to motherhood and raising your children - I always feel like there's more you can do, and I don't know if that's particularly a female quality. I don't know how dads feel, but there's definitely a never say die, no stone unturned, never give up a minute that you could be pushing it down the road and try to make it better.” GivingTryingKindChildrenQualityDadGiving UpFemaleOur ChildrenMotherhoodYour ChildrenNever Giving Up Author:Suzanne Todd
“I always remember my dad saying, "No one makes a remake unless they are trying to make money; there is no reason for it." It was not an honorable thing to do.” TryingReasonRememberDadMy DadMaking MoneyHonorable Author:Sofia Coppola
“My mum and dad used to make me stand up at dinner parties and sing to their friends. I had this conservatory in my house - three steps went to up to kind of a raised part of our kitchen. I used it as the stage. Every night after school I used to download backing tracks of songs I loved and perform to myself. My mum was trying to cook and I was pretending I was at the O2 arena.” TryingKindSchoolNightSongHousePartyDadTrackKitchenPretendingMumDinner PartyAfter SchoolMum And Dad Author:Sam Smith
“I have learned so much from my dad. Perhaps the biggest thing I've learned from my dad is how to be prepared at all times... whether it's for a big court case or a hostile media interview. My dad always says "Stick to your points, focus on what you are there to get across, and try not to get sidetracked."We are often trying to communicate complicated legal cases or explain laws, and it's important to keep going back to the 3 core points you want people to take away - from interviews, from our radio shows, from meetings, and from court.” PeopleTryingImportantFocusDadMeetingsMy DadCommunicateComplicatedAll TimeKeep GoingI Have LearnedBe Prepared Author:Jay Sekulow
“My father was a very fun dad; he was always coaching our soccer sports teams, he made sure that we had activities to do. He was kind of goofy and fun. But at the same time, he had a lot of lessons to teach us so that we didn't grow up and just not be good people. I try and reflect a lot on how I was raised by my father in the character that I'm playing now in being a dad. You've got to be strong for these kids. You also have to be fun and teach them all the lessons, not just one, or two, or three.” PeopleTryingKindCharacterKidsFatherStrongFunSportsTeachGrowing UpTeamDadBe GoodSoccerCoachingGood PeopleGoofy Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that. The fears, the voices in my mind saying, "Oh, you don't want to do that, you might get hurt, they might abandon you - "those are ghost voices from my mom and dad.” TryingMindHeartHurtMomDadMy HeartMy MomGhostAbandonMom And Dad Author:Jane Fonda
“Having my foundation be from two positive black role models in my life, my mom and my dad, two strong-minded intelligent individuals who clearly have made a great deal of great decisions in their lives and put me in a position, via educational institutions, to be around other intelligent people and to have a strong moral foundation, from which I try to never stray far. It all spurred me to carve out my own little niche as a human being.” PeopleTryingIndividualStrongBlackDecisionMoralMomDadIntelligentMy DadEducationalMy MomRole ModelsNiche Author:Mr. Lif
“I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.” TryingDadFitPressureMy DadCopiesMold Author:Joel Osteen