Dad Quotes - Page 19

• My dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration when I was 8. We come every time, Republican and Democrat, because of this great country.

  John Barrasso

  Country, Republican, John Kennedy

  "Interviews with Senator John Barrasso & David Plouffe". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 20, 2013.

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• My dad was so much fun growing up.

  Abby Elliott

  Growing Up, Fun, Growing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.

  Larry Elder

  Mom, Thinking, Years

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. November 26, 2012.

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• If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.

  Larry Elder

  Men, White, America

  "Radio talk show host Larry Elder". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 26, 2012.

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• My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university.

  Petra Stunt

  Mom, Humble, Wells

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• My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry.

  Albert Finney

  Dry, My Dad

  Interview with Paul Fischer, "Dark Horizons", December 2, 2003.

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• The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked up.

  Lou Reed

  Sports, Baby, Hero

  Lou Reed (2008). “Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics”, p.296, Da Capo Press

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• My dad was dead, so these streets had to raise me.

  Ludacris

  Death, Raises, Streets

  Song: Growing Pains

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• I read Dad's books like I did before, now things are crystal clear. Lock the door in the bathroom, now I just can't get caught in here.

  Alice Cooper

  Book, Doors, Locks

  Song: Muscle Of Love, Album: Muscle of Love, 1973

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• Can't wait to date a supermodel, can't wait to sue my Dad. Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari, on the way to rehab.

  Brad Paisley

  Art, Media, Waiting

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• Send lawyers, guns, and money. Dad, get me out of this.

  Warren Zevon

  Family, Gun, Lawyer

  Song: Lawyers, Guns, And Money

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• What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.

  Harry Chapin

  Family, Keys, Car

  Song: Cat's in the Cradle, 1974

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• As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

  David Cassidy

  Father, Son, Birth

  "David Cassidy: My family values". Interview with Juliet Rix, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.

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• I found myself very lost after 'The Partridge Family,' and I lost my dad and I lost my manager, and I lived in a bubble, and it took me 15 years to get through that and a lot of psychotherapy, and I'm laughing about it now!

  David Cassidy

  Years, Laughing, Lost

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• My father had a tremendous influence on me, and I think many children who come from broken homes, esp. when they're very early. My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I. It was something in order to empower myself.

  David Cassidy

  Mom, Left, My Mom

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

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• I think I'd be a really good dad. So perhaps I'm doing society a disservice by not having as many kids as possible.

  David Cross

  Kids, Thinking, Disservice

  Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. September 02, 2009.

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• As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.

  David Crystal

  Kings, Years, Lear

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• I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

  Mary Cheney

  Mom, Littles, Able

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• The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.

  Michael Chiklis

  Self, Challenges, Instinct

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

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• When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing,' that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things.

  Brendan Fehr

  Joy, Realizing, Bigs

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• I just went off for two months traveling around Europe on a motorcycle and pretty much turned my phone off. I did 5,000 miles with my dad. We went through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Italy... and then I did Spain and France by myself.

  Michael Fassbender

  Phones, Europe, Two

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• I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

  Noel Gallagher

  Men, Thinking, Hard Life

  "The Gallagher interview in full". www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2005.

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• It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.

  Paul Giamatti

  Actors, Making Money, Enjoy

  "Paul Giamatti: My family values". Interview With Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.

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• Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

  Peter Guber

  Mom, Games, Skills

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• Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.

  Retief Goosen

  Brother, Golf, Player

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