Dad Quotes - Page 24

• I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything.

  Ashlee Simpson

  Artist, Giving, Toes

  "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. October 22, 2005.

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• Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.

  Brian Sandoval

  Mom, Teacher, Simple

  "Brian Sandoval RNC speech". www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• I'm being a dad and a good husband.

  Chad Smith

  Husband, Good Husband, Being A Dad

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• My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.

  Joe Lando

  Guy, Honest, Hardworking

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• My dad once told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.'' And that really stuck with me.

  Jaden Smith

  Lying, Gun, Should

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

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• I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Effort, Too Much, Ridiculous

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• My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I was not the product of a family, but a product of observation - of watching what went on around me, of watching who I liked, what I didn't like, what I thought was good behaviour and what I thought was bad behaviour and tailoring myself accordingly.

  Mark Strong

  Mother, Baby, Behavior

  "Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2010.

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• Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.

  Richie Sambora

  Grief, Eight, Years

  "Richie Sambora gets through his tough times". Access Hollywood, www.today.com. February 15, 2008.

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• I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

  Ricky Skaggs

  Mom, Country, Song

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• My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.

  Steve Sabol

  Brother, Jobs, Careers

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

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• I remember when I was younger. Dad's agent came round, and I asked if she would represent me. She didn't represent children at the time, but I wouldn't let her leave the house until she agreed. I've always been quite headstrong.

  Eleanor Tomlinson

  Children, House, Agents

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

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• I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Grandchildren, Want, Fine

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

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• When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.

  Bruno Tonioli

  Art, Kings, Dancing

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• My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.

  Jim Thome

  School, Doors, Lasting Impressions

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

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• I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Cooking, Style, Ingredients

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

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• I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.

  Emily VanCamp

  Men, Thinking, Parent

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• My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.

  Benjamin Walker

  Careers, Kind, Rascals

  "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Benjamin Walker on Dancing Ballet and His Repo-Man Days". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. January 21, 2013.

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• We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.

  Bridgette Wilson

  Mom, Two, Giving

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

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• My dad has always been my coach. And I've spent so much time with him. So he's one of my best friends. And I can talk to him about everything.

  Caroline Wozniacki

  My Best Friend, Coaches, I Can

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

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• The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.

  Dan Wheldon

  Running, Children, School

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• I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

  David Walliams

  Uncles, Japan, Dresses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

  Dominic West

  Parent, Mum, Ireland

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.

  Dominic West

  Mother, Thinking, Bored

  "Down to The Wire with Dominic West". Intervie with Sara Bliss, www.esquire.com. December 31, 2006.

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• Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.

  Dylan Walsh

  Tv Shows, Guy, India

  "Dylan Walsh Talks ‘Unforgettable’ Role, Working With Poppy Montgomery" by Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 07, 2012.

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• People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.

  Jennifer Weiner

  Writing, Men, People

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