Dad Quotes - Page 34

• When you get older your dad becomes this other man rather than a scary man, and you have a friendship.

  Tim Heidecker

  Men, Scary, Your Dad

  "Tim Heidecker Talks Album, Tim & Eric Movie". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 21, 2011.

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• Dads are awkward because they're older guys who aren't cool anymore and are figuring out who they are, and they often make bad choices in fashion and music.

  Tim Heidecker

  Fashion, Choices, Guy

  "Tim Heidecker Talks Album, Tim & Eric Movie". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 21, 2011.

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• The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and sexually abused and because I felt different than everybody else and I had this big huge secret that was tearing me apart.

  Dorianne Laux

  Kids, Writing, Secret

  "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. April 2, 2013.

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• My father always used to say to me, it doesn’t matter what the profession is, but if they’re the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch.

  Nicolas Cage

  Father, Watches, Matter

  "Nicolas Cage is No Ordinary ‘Joe’". Interview with Angela Dawson, frontrowfeatures.com. April 10, 2014.

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• I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'

  Ringo Starr

  Real, Son, Giving

  Source: alltheseletters.com

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• One of the things I always believed in was my dad came to America and he was a very talented musician, but he couldn't make a living that way so he had to support his family as an auto mechanic which he also loved doing. He was also such a great dad because when I first told him I thought I wanted to go into show business, his response was okay, that's interesting.

  Denis Leary

  America, Interesting, Support

  "Denis Leary Wants David Bowie & Steven Tyler In ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 – Comic Con". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. July 12, 2015.

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• I would not be well-known if I had just used my gift to make money for me. The moment I started to teach others - you teach people to fish - I think that's why my book Rich Dad, Poor Dad became an international bestseller, and things like this.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Book, Thinking, People

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• My dad told me this: You get out of it what you put into it. If you put in effort and log your time, you'll get the results.

  Tiger Woods

  Effort, Results, Ifs

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• I've listened to Dylan my entire life. My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. It opened up a whole world of this music that I'm now obsessed with.

  Oscar Isaac

  Cat, Fans, World

  "Inside Llewyn's Oscar Isaac on the Coen Brothers, Bob Dylan & Success". Interview with Tim Lammers, www.esquire.com. December 8, 2013.

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• My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.

  Clint Eastwood

  Sports, Football, Uncles

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• I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, Ive wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy

  Kids, Wanted, Setups

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• It's not work, it is more of a passion. It is so much fun and it is really makes you feel great at the end of the day. You feel like you are really after doing something good and you are after accomplishing something. Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Fun, Love You, Passion

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

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• I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son.'

  John Cena

  Loyalty, Children, Kids

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

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• You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.

  Courteney Cox

  Beautiful, Mother, Growing Up

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• When I was a kid I didn't feel like I fit in because - this is really silly and I probably shouldn't say it, but, I didn't think anything was funny. So I used to go home and literally cry to my mom and my step-dad at the time and I didn't think anything was funny. I couldn't laugh.

  Courteney Cox

  Mom, Silly, Home

  "Tim Allen, Courteney Cox for “Zoom”". Interview with Garth Franklin, www.darkhorizons.com. August 11, 2006.

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• My dad used to put me in front of the TV screen and made me watch old Jimmy Durante and Dean Martin movies. I just always loved entertainment.

  James Wolk

  Watches, Entertainment, Tvs

  "James Wolk Interview LONE STAR". Promo Interview, collider.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I personally always find something really scary about watching little girls learning to manipulate their dads by baby talking. Then they grow up and use the same technique on their boyfriends or husbands. That scares me because it's just so sick on so many levels.

  Megan Fox

  Girl, Baby, Growing Up

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

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• I was lucky, I had support from Mum and Dad - they said as long as you work hard, anything is possible. I never thought past those two things - that I liked living in imaginary worlds and that it is possible to do that for a living.

  Harry Treadaway

  Hard Work, Past, Two

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

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• I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it.

  Tracy Morgan

  Son, Men, Problem

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• I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Dream, Kids, Golf

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• I try to do everything from the viewpoint of what's best for my kids. I have three kids and two great dads and it's not always easy, but you have to try to be a little selfless and we manage just fine.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Kids, Two, Trying

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• My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.

  Topher Grace

  Careers, People, Worst

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• The script for 'In Good Company' was the first one I ever showed my dad.

  Topher Grace

  Scripts, Firsts, Good Company

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• I'm Italian. I love to cook Italian food, so I learned from my dad how to make sauce and meatballs and all that stuff. With my wife and kids, I started making homemade pasta. The very first time, I didn't have a pasta maker, so I had to cut it with a knife, the old-school way! The noodles were all jacked up, but it was fun.

  Joey Fatone

  Fun, Old School, Kids

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

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• My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.

  Daphne Oz

  Heart, Exercise, Years

  Daphne Oz (2010). “The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works”, p.19, Harper Collins

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