My Dad Quotes - Page 15

• My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know each tiger is going to be having their own little conversation and narrative.

  John Boyega

  Dad, Ark, Stories

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

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• My dad has an incredible passion for living life, and he's really, really funny, so he definitely encourages me to enjoy all aspects of life. He's very proud of me and definitely encourages my career path, and we have a good time talking about work.

  Spencer Grammer

  Dad, Live Life, Passion

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

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• I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad ran a general store. I grew up learning to do more with less. And I have been saying, you know, Washington needs to do the same.

  Ann Kirkpatrick

  Dad, Arizona, Grew Up

  "Democrats Split Over More Spending?". "Your World With Neil Cavuto", www.foxnews.com. September 8, 2010.

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• My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.

  Peyton Manning

  Dad, Class, Nfl

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• My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.

  Andrew Luck

  Dad, Growing Up, College

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• My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.

  Adrian Peterson

  Football, Dad, Mean

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• With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line.

  Russell Wilson

  Dad, Nfl, Passing Away

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• I was taught very well. My mom raised me very well, and so did my dad. I've been very blessed to have great parents that cared about me.

  Justin Bieber

  Mom, Dad, Blessed

  "Interview: Justin Bieber Talks About His Top 5 Rappers, Selena Gomez, and Growing Up In The Game". Interview with Joe la Puma, www.complex.com. March 30, 2012.

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• My dad was a huge basketball influence in my life on and off the court. Playing for him and having him around, having him push me harder than maybe another coach would have was a huge blessing for me. Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it's some of the funnest times I've had in basketball, and I'll cherish those memories forever.

  Blake Griffin

  Basketball, Brother, Memories

  Source: www.slamonlineph.com

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• I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long, looking for a UFO flying by and I had to do that for years.

  Rihanna

  Dad, Night, Years

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Sports, Dad

  Interview with Gary Leland, fastpitch.tv.

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• I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.

  Guy Fieri

  Dad, Inspiration, My Family

  Interview with Rachael Ray, www.rachaelraymag.com. November 1, 2005.

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• My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.

  John F. Kerry

  Dad, War, Home

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• My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

  Gillian Flynn

  Mom, Dad, Kind

  Gillian Flynn (2012). “Gone Girl: A Novel”, p.61, Crown

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• My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs.

  Rachel Trachtenburg

  Dog, Dad, Night

  "Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off and on Broadway". Music, Documentary, 2006.

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• My dad wrote a song about the people in the slides. I started playing harmonica. I was only six.

  Rachel Trachtenburg

  Song, Dad, People

  "The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway". Documentary, August 1, 2006.

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• I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didnt spend that much time with him. I used to put head phones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and kind of had a weird bonding in a way.

  Teddy Thompson

  Dad, Parent, Trying

  "Morning Becomes Eclectic" with Chris Douridas, www.kcrw.com. April 4, 2011.

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• I caught the acting bug from my dad.

  Finn Wittrock

  Dad, Acting, Bugs

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

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• My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible.

  Emilia Clarke

  Girl, Song, Children

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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

  Dad, America, Interesting

  "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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• 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

  Dad, Effort, Results

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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

  Dad, Cat, Fans

  "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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• 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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• 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

  Dad, Watches, Entertainment

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

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