Dad Quotes - Page 16

• My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.'

  Mindy Kaling

  America, People, Interesting

  "Mindy Kaling: 'People think that because I like girly things I'm dumb'" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2011.

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• I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent.

  Domhnall Gleeson

  Giving, Agents, Stuff

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

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• My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself.

  Josh Hartnett

  Vacation, Guitar, Play

  "Josh Hartnett On “August”". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. July 15.

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• I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!

  Sally Hawkins

  Writing, Drawing, Giving

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• I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.

  Matt Damon

  Jobs, Men, Important

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

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• I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

  Yancy Butler

  Village, Lennon, Grew Up

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• Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we'd hear the whistle and we'd all come running. Like dogs!

  Kate Winslet

  Running, Dog, Beach

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• When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.

  Mireille Enos

  Car, Littles, Matter

  "Mireille Enos Is Killing Us". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2012.

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• My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.

  Mireille Enos

  Guy, Sensible, Let Me

  "Mireille Enos Is Killing Us". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2012.

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• My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Jobs, Skating

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• Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad.

  Kurtwood Smith

  Insane, Everybody Loves Raymond, Peter

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• Every day after work, my mom and I go shopping. My dad is about to kill me. I say, We need it, daddy!

  Miley Cyrus

  Mom, Shopping, Needs

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• The hockey I was raised on, the hockey I understand, the hockey that my dad taught me about when I was a boy was intrinsically connected with fighting. I grew up in a house where we revered tough guys.

  Jay Baruchel

  Fighting, Hockey, Boys

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My Dad always told me that casting agencies are like artists picturing their paintings in their mind. They know what they want for a role and not to take it too seriously [if I dont get the part].

  Miley Cyrus

  Artist, Agency, Mind

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• Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.

  Martina McBride

  Morning, Growing Up, White

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• When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

  David Alan Grier

  Hero, Kids, Rooms

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• My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.

  Pamela Anderson

  Want, Tough, Lifetime

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• So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

  Lisa Guerrero

  Football, Fans, Literature

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• It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.

  Tony Dungy

  Jobs, Thinking, Best Job

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• My dad came over to the house... went into his pocket and pulled out a handful of money, and began to pass it out to the children... This was the same man who, when I was his child, I would ask him for 50 cents, this man would tell me his life's story.

  Bill Cosby

  Children, Men, House

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• When I see David Attenborough talking about how chimps live, big apes, I just remember my dad and the way he'd look at you. He couldn't speak, but everything else about him was, 'This is us, a family.' Relationships are just as intense as they are for people who can speak. Probably more so.

  Richard Griffiths

  Talking, People, Looks

  "A break in the clouds" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2006.

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• The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox.

  Tony Hawk

  Children, Support, Unorthodox

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• Dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.

  Bristol Palin

  Nice, Teenager, Thinking

  "Bristol Palin Slams Obama's Gay Marriage Stance: It's Based on 'Too Many Episodes of Glee'" by Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 10, 2012.

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• My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.

  Natalia Kills

  Growing Up, Jail, Long

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• My dad has always been very proud of me but I think I have exceeded his expectations. When I told him I wanted to be an actor and moved to New York City, I think he assumed I would be playing the guitar on the subway and collecting spare change in my guitar case. The fact that I'm not doing that means that I'm a huge success.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  New York, Mean, Thinking

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