Dad Quotes - Page 25

• My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.

  Lee Westwood

  Congratulations, Looks, World

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• Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.

  Lee Westwood

  Winning, Nuts, Games

  "Lee Westwood: the secret toughness of a natural No1". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.

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• When I was a teenager, my dad used to call me 'Hollywood' because I wore sunglasses all the time, even at night. Cue song.

  Michael Weatherly

  Song, Teenager, Night

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• I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Mom, Home, School

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• I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.

  Steve Zahn

  Kids, Good Dad, Father Time

  Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. May 6, 2003.

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• My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.

  Tom Shadyac

  Mom, Three, Half

  "Eye to Eye, Lie to Lie". Interview with Scott Collins, articles.latimes.com. March 12, 1997.

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• As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.

  Brian J. White

  Mom, Kids, Athlete

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• If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.

  Jay-Z

  Hurt, Real, Superhero

  "Jay-Z: 'Of course' I'll change baby's diapers". www.today.com. November 14, 2011.

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• My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.

  Steven Spielberg

  Issues, Responsible, My Dad

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• I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.

  Alexa Vega

  Mom, Boundaries, More Money

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak.

  Nico

  People, Language, Speak

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• My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

  Nico

  Clever, Great Men, Great Managers

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• Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world is among the very best. I was so pleased he was able to do it, and he absolutely brought the house down. It was brilliant, hysterically funny, and perfectly pitched for the occasion. He made the evening. I'd recommend him unreservedly.

  Derren Brown

  Archer, House, Magic

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• I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion, saying the kind word of 'Dad.'

  Dwyane Wade

  Son, Successful, Zion

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• I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.

  Dwyane Wade

  Husband, Pride, Terrible

  "Dwyane Wade Tackles The Hard Topics: ‘I Was Probably A Terrible Husband’" by Drenna Armstrong, madamenoire.com. May 18, 2013.

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• I'm always on the court with my dad.

  Venus Williams

  Court, My Dad

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• A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!

  Steven Gerrard

  Moving, Kids, Names

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• My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.

  Big Sean

  Mom, Good Life, Men

  "Big Sean Talks Def Jam Debut, Detroit Roots, and Working With Kanye & Pharrell". Interview with Modele "Modi" Oyewole, www.complex.com. April 17, 2010.

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• My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

  Marilyn Manson

  Believe, Taught, Ability

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• My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15.

  Elliott Yamin

  Baby, Moving, Israel

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• One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.

  Caroline Wozniacki

  Mom, Brother, Play

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

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• I was raised a Southern Baptist, and my whole family were Christians. However, my Dad was really into science and astronomy, so I felt very balanced. I still had respect for faith.

  Craig Brewer

  Christian, Southern, Baptists

  "Footloose's Craig Brewer, Julianne Hough, and Kenny Wormald". Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. October 13, 2011.

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• The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another suburban dad flipping though the channels with his remote.

  Peter Bergen

  Men, Years, Finals

  "A visit to Osama bin Laden's lair" by Peter Bergen, www.cnn.com. May 3, 2012.

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• My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.

  Andrew Dost

  Mean, Mind, Tape

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• I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.

  Jermain Defoe

  Cancer, Thinking, Space

  "'There's more to life than football': Jermain Defoe bares his soul on matters of life, death and the beautiful game" by Martin Lipton, www.mirror.co.uk. September 4, 2012.

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