Dad Quotes - Page 23

• My dad was a great dad.

  Bijou Phillips

  Great Dad, My Dad

  "Teenage flicks" by William Shaw, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2002.

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• From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.

  Candace Parker

  Years, Intense Training, Ncaa

  "Thanks, Dad, for Believing in Me Before I Did" by Candace Parker, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2011.

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• On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

  Candace Parker

  School, Reality, Juniors

  "Thanks, Dad, for Believing in Me Before I Did" by Candace Parker, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2011.

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• My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.

  Chris Pine

  Crazy, Grandmother, Credit

  "Pine Was Destined To Act" by wenn.com, November 12, 2010.

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• When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?

  Chuck Pagano

  Football, Growing Up, Kids

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• I had been on another procedural show, 'Cold Case,' for seven years, and I certainly respected the legacy of 'Law & Order,' even though I had only seen a handful of episodes. Being a dad meant the reality was that I probably knew more about Dora and Diego. But I saw the show with fresh eyes, and I wasn't coming in with a bunch of baggage.

  Danny Pino

  Eye, Reality, Order

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• My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad in Indiana. They had boring childhoods.

  Hunter Parrish

  Mom, Kansas, Childhood

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

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• I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.

  Ricky Ponting

  Father, Moving, Home

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

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• I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

  Teresa Palmer

  Running, Kids, Animal

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• My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.

  Zara Phillips

  Sometimes, My Dad, Critical

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• My dad's not a big talker.

  Zara Phillips

  Bigs, My Dad, Talkers

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• I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.

  Ian Rankin

  Reading, Home, Ideas

  "Gothic Scot". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2001.

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• My dad is such a good man, hard-working.

  Kelly Reilly

  Hard Work, Men, Good Man

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Mom, Religious, Blood

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

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• My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Mom, Believe, Thinking

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• I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Father, Lunch, Way

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• I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.

  Jamie Redknapp

  Littles, Likes, Stills

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• I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too.

  Jamie Redknapp

  My Dad

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• My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.

  Jamie Redknapp

  My Dad, Knows

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• I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every person has this whole other life.

  Keri Russell

  Mom, Kgb, Secret

  "Keri Russell Talks the Americans, Her Character’s Backstory, Working in the 80s Time Period, Fight Scenes, Austenland, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 30, 2013.

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• You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.

  Michael Reagan

  Father, Son, Names

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• I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.

  Natasha Richardson

  Father, Loss, Directors

  "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.

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• You know, I'm just - I'm really happy for my dad.

  Nicole Richie

  My Dad, Really Happy, Knows

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• We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.

  Karrine Steffans

  Mother, Father, Real

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• I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.

  Mindy Sterling

  Cancer, Care, Harder

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

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