Dad Quotes - Page 32

• You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.

  Michael Reagan

  Father, Son, Names

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• I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.

  Natasha Richardson

  Father, Loss, Directors

  "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.

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• We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.

  Karrine Steffans

  Mother, Father, Real

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• I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.

  Mindy Sterling

  Cancer, Care, Harder

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

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• Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.

  Lee Westwood

  Winning, Nuts, Games

  "Lee Westwood: the secret toughness of a natural No1". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.

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• I'm being a dad and a good husband.

  Chad Smith

  Husband, Good Husband, Being A Dad

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• My dad once told me, he was like, 'The only time you should lie is when someone's holding a gun to your head and says 'Okay, lie or I'm going to shoot you.'' And that really stuck with me.

  Jaden Smith

  Lying, Gun, Should

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

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• I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.

  Jeremy Sisto

  Effort, Too Much, Ridiculous

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• I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

  Ricky Skaggs

  Mom, Country, Song

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• My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.

  Steve Sabol

  Brother, Jobs, Careers

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

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• I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Grandchildren, Want, Fine

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

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• People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.

  Jennifer Weiner

  Writing, Men, People

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• My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

  Dominic West

  Parent, Mum, Ireland

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.

  Brian J. White

  Mom, Kids, Athlete

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• My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese.

  Tom Shadyac

  Mom, Three, Half

  "Eye to Eye, Lie to Lie". Interview with Scott Collins, articles.latimes.com. March 12, 1997.

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• When I was a teenager, my dad used to call me 'Hollywood' because I wore sunglasses all the time, even at night. Cue song.

  Michael Weatherly

  Song, Teenager, Night

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• I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

  David Walliams

  Uncles, Japan, Dresses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.

  Alexa Vega

  Mom, Boundaries, More Money

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I know I'm 25 now, but there's still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.

  Jamie Redknapp

  Littles, Likes, Stills

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• I'm always on the court with my dad.

  Venus Williams

  Court, My Dad

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• I was completely surrounded by religion from a young time. I was taught by my father. I engaged in discussions with him and many of these scholars who visited and came around the dining table, the lunch table, and attended many lectures with my dad. And so I learned the apprentice way.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Father, Lunch, Way

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• My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Mom, Believe, Thinking

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• We had no religion at all, but we were Jews in New Hampshire, and my sister - who is now a rabbi - said it best: We were, like, the only Jews in Bedford, New Hampshire, as well as the only Democrats, so we just kind of associated those two things together. My dad raised us to believe that paying taxes is an honor.

  Roseanne Barr

  Believe, Two, Honor

  Source: www.elle.com

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• A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!

  Steven Gerrard

  Moving, Kids, Names

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• My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.

  Elvis Costello

  Father, Play, Different

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

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