Dad Quotes - Page 20

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• My dad doesn't get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesn't understand them. He's just laughing because people around him are laughing.

  Zach Galifianakis

  People, Laughing, Jokes

  Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 7, 2007.

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• My dad's a very shrewd, clever guy.

  C. Thomas Howell

  Clever, Guy, My Dad

  "C. Thomas Howell on The Outsiders, blackface, and how Marlboros got him cast in E.T". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 13, 2013.

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• You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!

  Sarah Hyland

  Matter, Kidneys, Knows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that.

  Bryce Dallas Howard

  Real, People, Three

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

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• 'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

  Dhani Harrison

  School, Years, Sage

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

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• I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasn't until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dad's album after he died, then it was like 'That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band.'

  Dhani Harrison

  Play, Age, Stuff

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

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• I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.

  Dhani Harrison

  Iron, Saws, Kind

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

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• I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him.

  Justin Halpern

  Book, Giving, Interesting

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• My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time.

  Lianne La Havas

  Grandparent, Childhood, Greek

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• Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.

  Rebecca Hall

  Father, Ideas, Theatre

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

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• My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

  Tony Hale

  Appreciation, Art, Grandfather

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