Dad Quotes - Page 27

• My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Men, Stuff, My Dad

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Figures, Let Me, Wanted

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Father, Intimidating, Figures

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Supportive, Endeavor, My Dad

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, 'Are you wearing makeup?' I would say back, 'You're wearing more makeup there than I am!

  Georgia May Jagger

  Makeup, Firsts, Asks

  "Georgia May Jagger" by Derek Blasberg, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

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• My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

  Miranda Leek

  Archery, Piano, Trying

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• My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it.

  Miranda Leek

  Thinking, Talking, Years

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• My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

  Page McConnell

  Mom, Guitar, Play

  "Nightline Playlist: Page McConnell" by Howard L. Rosenberg, abcnews.go.com. January 5, 2008.

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• I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

  Claude Nicollier

  Years, Switzerland, Helping

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• Every dad is the family role model, whether he wants the job or not.

  Dennis Rainey

  Jobs, Father, Role Models

  Dennis Rainey (2003). “Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage”, p.142, Thomas Nelson

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• My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.

  Myron Uhlberg

  Memories, Father, Hands

  Myron Uhlberg (2009). “Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love”, p.2, Bantam

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• When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated, so we were watching popular movies. My dad liked cowboy movies, so we were watching cowboy movies. Some of them were amazing. It’s a genre of movie I like very much.

  Olivier Martinez

  Kids, Cowboy, Class

  "The General". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2015.

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• My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

  Robert Griffin III

  Mom, Years, Giving

  "Mitt Romney on Hillary Clinton's candidacy, crowded GOP field; Sen. Bob Menendez on indictment, Iran and Cuba". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2015.

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• I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid.

  Donal Logue

  Mom, Cousin, Moving

  "Donal Logue Talks Playing King Horik on VIKINGS, Joining COPPER Season 2, SONS OF ANARCHY, and TERRIERS on Kickstarter". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 5, 2013.

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• I love my dad; I'm a daddy's girl, all the way.

  Molly Quinn

  Girl, Way, Daddy

  Source: collider.com

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• When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.

  Duncan Jones

  Kids, Orange, Appreciate

  Source: collider.com

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• My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.

  Christopher Bollen

  Mother, Book, Grandma

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.

  Eddie Izzard

  Beach, War, Kids

  "Valkyrie - Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.

  Johnnetta B. Cole

  People, Racist, Gum

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• Of course with John McCain out of the race, George W. Bush has to pick a running mate. Which is kind of a scary proposition when you think about it. I mean his dad picked Dan Quayle, an he isn't as smart as his dad.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Smart, Mean

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• My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad, ... That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.

  Jessica Simpson

  Jobs, Heart, Caring

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• There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".

  John Denver

  College, Guitar, Play

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• Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.

  Bobby Hull

  Sports, Dream, Kids

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• We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years, when things were tough, but my dad always had a job. But I had a great time. I was kind of restless, and I had a hard time staying in school all day, so me and a few pals would duck out and go out on these various adventures.

  James Arness

  Jobs, School, Adventure

  "'Gunsmoke' Star Arness Marshals His Memories". Interview with Susan King, articles.latimes.com. November 01, 2001.

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• I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.

  Jamie Foxx

  Daughter, Winning, Thankfulness

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