Dad Quotes - Page 13

• Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.

  Martina McBride

  Morning, Growing Up, White

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• I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and whatever my sister and brother were into.

  Martina McBride

  Country, Brother, Band

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• When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

  David Alan Grier

  Hero, Kids, Rooms

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• My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.

  Pamela Anderson

  Want, Tough, Lifetime

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• My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Mom, Thinking, People

  Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, Hey, come see my play, hed say, Sure. Hed see one, Oh, good play - you know, very typical dad reaction.

  Eric McCormack

  Growing Up, Father, Play

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• So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

  Lisa Guerrero

  Football, Fans, Literature

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• My art school rejection letter arrived as a cold manila fist that closed around my fragile hopes ... The fear was practically edible. Nothing would happen unless I get out and make it happen. Then, as if handling me the keys to the jet pack, my dad bought me a typewriter and a taped message to the inside of its case: "Son - the world is waiting to hear from you".

  Grant Morrison

  Art, School, Son

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• Although I grew up in London, I spent summers in Missouri, where my dad lived. It's quite a liberal town, Kansas City. You'd be surprised.

  Hayley Atwell

  Summer, Cities, Kansas City

  "Hayley Atwell Is a Woman We Love" by Peter Martin, www.esquire.com. July 19, 2011.

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• As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.

  Iggy Azalea

  Children, Memories, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I see David Attenborough talking about how chimps live, big apes, I just remember my dad and the way he'd look at you. He couldn't speak, but everything else about him was, 'This is us, a family.' Relationships are just as intense as they are for people who can speak. Probably more so.

  Richard Griffiths

  Talking, People, Looks

  "A break in the clouds" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2006.

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• The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox.

  Tony Hawk

  Children, Support, Unorthodox

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• Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.’

  Josh McDowell

  Mom, Kids, Needs

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• Dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.

  Bristol Palin

  Nice, Teenager, Thinking

  "Bristol Palin Slams Obama's Gay Marriage Stance: It's Based on 'Too Many Episodes of Glee'" by Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 10, 2012.

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• My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.

  Natalia Kills

  Growing Up, Jail, Long

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• It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.

  Tony Dungy

  Jobs, Thinking, Best Job

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• I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then Id go baseball, and then Id go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.

  Joe Gibbs

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

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• When I was young I was very interested in science and technology, and my dad brought home the first computer. I played pac man and I was hooked! By learning to create technology, girls learn to speak up.

  Regina Agyare

  Girl, Home, Technology

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• As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Father, Kids, Feelings

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• My dad has always been very proud of me but I think I have exceeded his expectations. When I told him I wanted to be an actor and moved to New York City, I think he assumed I would be playing the guitar on the subway and collecting spare change in my guitar case. The fact that I'm not doing that means that I'm a huge success.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  New York, Mean, Thinking

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• Dear Mom and Dad, Leave $50,000 in a bag under the bridge on Decatur Street. If there is no bridge on Decatur Street, please build one.

  Woody Allen

  Mom, Children, Bridges

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Want, Remember, Said

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• My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.

  Juliana Hatfield

  My Dad

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• Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

  Robert Jarvik

  Doctors, Medicine, Glad

  "Jarvik Responds to Lipitor Ad Controversy" by Ryan Owens, Joel Parks, Steve Petyerak, Imaeyen Ibanga, abcnews.go.com. January 16, 2008.

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• I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.

  Ernie Harwell

  Mom, Brother, Heaven

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