My Dad Quotes - Page 18

• My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him.

  Hannibal Buress

  Dad, Rome, Barca

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

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• I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.

  Steven Gerrard

  Dad, Determined, Building

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

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• My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies.

  Rachel Zoe

  Dad, Father, Successful

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• My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

  Bill Huizenga

  Dad, Cities, Political

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• My mother taught me to focus on being myself and not to worry what other people think about you. I know that as long as I'm a good person I'll stay on the right path. From my dad I learned that when someone tells you “No” it's only the beginning of a conversation. They both have always let me know that I can do anything I want to do as long as I don't give up. They are the most important role models in my life because they are exactly who I want to be when I grow up. They are supportive and understanding and I try every day to remember what they've taught me.

  Lauren Conrad

  Mother, Giving Up, Growing Up

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• My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

  Russell Wilson

  Morning, Dad, Balls

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• I ended up getting drafted by the Colorado Rockies on June 8, 2010 and the next day, my dad passed away, in June 9, 2010. So I'm at the biggest high of my life on June 8th. And the next day, June 9th, he's gone.

  Russell Wilson

  Dad, June, Next Day

  "CNN Newsroom" with Fredricka Whitfield, www.cnn.com. January 11, 2014.

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• I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.

  Bobby Bowden

  Mom, Dad, Home

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• I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Dad, Nba

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• I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

  Neil Diamond

  Dad, School, Singing

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• My mom is very good at being passive-aggressive, and my Dad is a total wiseass, so I think the mixture of the two of them is my comedy. But, I am definitely the first comedian in my family.

  Amy Schumer

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

  Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. April 26, 2012.

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• I'm real good with math, with numbers, like my dad was. I'm pretty much dialed in.

  Hulk Hogan

  Dad, Real, Math

  "The Hulk is back and ready if needed". Interview with Chris Varias, www.wtsp.com. December 31, 2014.

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• My dad was a big believer of having a golf club that fit me. Always have a golf club that fits you, so you don't have to make any swing compensations for that particular golf club.

  Tiger Woods

  Dad, Golf, Swings

  "Online Extra: A Dream of a Driver for Tiger (extended)". Interview with Roger O. Crockett, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

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• My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

  Chris Rock

  Dad, Kids, Facts

  "Chris Rock On Standup, Sellouts And Defining Success". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 5, 2014.

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• My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed feminism to be explained to us.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Mom, Dad, Stupid

  Interview with Allston Pudding, allstonpudding.com. April 7, 2015.

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• My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then my dad would sit down and explain it to her like she was an idiot.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Mom, Dad, Book

  Interview with Nina Corcoran, allstonpudding.com.

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• My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.

  Diego Corrales

  Dad, Boxing, Trouble

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• Music just runs in my family. My dad and my uncles are a gospel quartet, Latimore Brothers. They've been doing their thing ever since I was a kid, so I just kind of grew up around that.

  Jacob Latimore

  Running, Brother, Uncles

  "World Faire". Interview with Tariq Johnson, theruss.net. May 22, 2015.

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• Im from Connecticut. My Mom is an army brat, and my Dad is a navy brat. My childhood was fun. My parents are still together. My childhood was pretty carefree.

  Cassie Ventura

  Mom, Fun, Dad

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• My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.

  T-Pain

  Dad, Way, Best Way

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• My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.

  T-Pain

  Dad, Voice, Instruments

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• My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

  Mark Teixeira

  Mom, Baseball, Brother

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• My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.

  Mark Teixeira

  Sports, Memories, Dad

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• I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what its like to lose a beloved parent.

  Simone Elkeles

  Dad, Parent, Beloved

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• I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of Fox News every day and stuff like that.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Dad, Cincinnati Ohio, Parent

  "The Jobs Czar: General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt". "The Jobs Czar" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. October 09, 2011.

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