Dad Quotes - Page 22

• When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Teenager, Successful

  "MH Grill: Dolph Lundgren". Interview with Brittany Kennedy, www.menshealth.co.uk. February 19, 2013.

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• My dad is a pilot so I think I was born with the travel bug.

  Isabel Lucas

  Thinking, Pilots, Bugs

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

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• My dad is a good dad.

  Mindy McCready

  Good Dad, My Dad

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. November 11, 2005.

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• My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

  Dean Norris

  College, Parent, Band

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

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• My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

  Dean Norris

  Guy, Eras, Noble

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

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• The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

  Dean Norris

  Art, People, Acting

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

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• In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?

  Cynthia Nixon

  Mom, School, Doe

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• My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.

  Jeremy Northam

  Home, Sacrifice, Thinking

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• My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.

  Haley Joel Osment

  Disappointment, Waiting, Roles

  "Haley Joel Osment: What I've Learned" by Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.

  Jack Osbourne

  Believe, Stuff, Firsts

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• My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Mom, Mother, Personality

  "How Peter Orszag's Budget Team Makes America Work" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2010.

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• My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.

  Rita Ora

  Couple, Mum, Sweetest

  "Riotous Rita Ora talks wardrobe malfunctions, Jay-Z, Eurovision and getting smashed on whiskey" by Gavin Martin, www.mirror.co.uk. August 24, 2012.

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• My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.

  Ronnie O'Sullivan

  Sports, Football, Golf

  "Ronnie O'Sullivan shies away from the limelight ahead of World Championship". Interview with Jeremy Wilson, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 16, 2010.

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• Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure.

  Stacie Orrico

  Mom, Careers, Pressure

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• It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of hung out in the summer and had nothing to do, so I sort of got into acting. And then I was going to Grand Blanc High, doing the acting thing and hoping it would pan out.

  Evan Peters

  Summer, Jobs, Acting

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

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• When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and being a ham. An agent was there and she was telling me, 'Hey, do you think you'd want to go out on auditions?' I was like, 'Yeah, what's an audition? Sure, I'll do it.

  Vanessa Lengies

  Thinking, Video, Band

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• My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.

  Aaron Levie

  Mom, Teacher, Littles

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• My favorite place in the world is my dad's house in Montauk.

  Dylan Lauren

  House, Favorite Places, World

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• Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.

  Dylan Lauren

  Clothes, Design, Inspired

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• My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two brothers and they worked dog hard to give us an education and provide us with the most comfortable life possible. My dad provided for his family daily. So, yes, that is definitely in my DNA.

  David Oyelowo

  Dog, Brother, Children

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• I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley. So I kept going to class and started getting totally into playing guitar and teaching myself these songs.

  Jake Owen

  Country, Song, Teaching

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• I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.

  Adam Oates

  Too Much, Remember, Fame

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• My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor.

  Mitch Pileggi

  Successful, Unions, Stuff

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't bother me because I don't know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family.

  Sally Pearson

  Want, Sound, Different

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• On my mom's side I'm Mexican, and my dad is a white dude.

  Tyler Posey

  Mom, White, Mexican

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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