Dad Quotes - Page 38

• My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.

  Peyton Manning

  Class, Nfl, Want

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• In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

  Joel Courtney

  Trouble, My Family, Ifs

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• I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

  Michael Douglas

  Actors, Avoided

  "Michael Douglas: 'I am consumed with being a father'" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2010.

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• My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.

  Michael Sheen

  Mother, Reading, Frustrated

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.

  Daphne Oz

  Heart, Exercise, Years

  Daphne Oz (2010). “The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• I don't think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad.

  Amy Poehler

  Men, Thinking, Years

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.177, Pan Macmillan

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• I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and Westworld, where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me.

  Kimberly Elise

  Girl, Guy, Fans

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• You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

  Martin Freeman

  Children, Special, Looks

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• If I were a dad, I'd have my kids watch 'I Love Lucy' and 'The Honeymooners.'

  Horatio Sanz

  Kids, Watches, Honeymooners

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• I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals. But to me he wasn't a musician or a peace icon, he was the father I loved and who let me down in so many ways. After the age of five, when my parents separated, I saw him only a handful of times, and when I did he was often remote and intimidating. I grew up longing for more contact with him but felt rejected and unimportant in his life.
  ... ... While Dad was fast becoming one of the wealthiest men in his field, Mum and I had very little and she was going out to work to support us.

  Julian Lennon

  Father, Men, Becoming One

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• I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.

  Ryan Eggold

  Mom, World, Best Dad

  Seventeen Magazine Interview, www.seventeen.com. April 22, 2009.

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• My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.

  Vince Vaughn

  Mom, Names, Pet

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• People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Mother, Father, Italian

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2011.

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• I'm Italian. I love to cook Italian food, so I learned from my dad how to make sauce and meatballs and all that stuff. With my wife and kids, I started making homemade pasta. The very first time, I didn't have a pasta maker, so I had to cut it with a knife, the old-school way! The noodles were all jacked up, but it was fun.

  Joey Fatone

  Fun, Old School, Kids

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

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• When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did JUDO so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

  Scott Adkins

  Art, Brother, Years

  "Interview with Ninja II Shadow of a Tear star Scott Adkins". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. January 3, 2014.

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• The script for 'In Good Company' was the first one I ever showed my dad.

  Topher Grace

  Scripts, Firsts, Good Company

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• [On being lesbian:] One pointer: don't come out to your dad in a moving vehicle.

  Kate Clinton

  Moving, Sexuality, Vehicle

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• When television families aren't gathered around the kitchen table exchanging wisecracks, they are experiencing brief but moving dilemmas, which are handily solved by the youngest child or by some cute extraterrestrial houseguest. Emerging from Family Ties or My Two Dads, we are forced to acknowledge that our own families are made up of slow-witted, emotionally crippled people who would be lucky to qualify for seats in the studio audience of JEOPARDY!

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Cute, Children, Moving

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I was not the product of a family, but a product of observation - of watching what went on around me, of watching who I liked, what I didn't like, what I thought was good behaviour and what I thought was bad behaviour and tailoring myself accordingly.

  Mark Strong

  Mother, Baby, Behavior

  "Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2010.

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• I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.

  Stephen Mangan

  Growing Up, Actors, Type

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• Growing up, I didn't have television. My dad would make up stories and tell me stories, so my imagination ran wild. When I did see films, which was very few and far between, that was such an interesting medium that was so new to me. It wasn't something that was just part of my life, so it was really appealing and so different that I enjoyed that.

  Shiloh Fernandez

  Growing Up, Imagination, Interesting

  "Shiloh Fernandez Exclusive Interview RED RIDING HOOD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 10, 2011.

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• My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

  Zoe Kravitz

  Taken, Cat, Black

  "Zoe Kravitz Talks ‘It Girl S**t,’ Mom Lisa Bonet" By Hilary Moss, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2011.

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• My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.

  Suraj Sharma

  Economist, Software, Engineers

  "Next Factor Q&a: 'Life Of Pi' Star Suraj Sharma". Interview with Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. November 21, 2012.

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• One day that same year, I told my dad that someday, I would sail around the world alone.

  Abby Sunderland

  Years, One Day, World

  Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Probably the only thing my mom and dad agreed on was the vital importance of guilt.

  Linda Barnes

  Mom, Guilt, Importance

  Linda Barnes (2015). “Hardware”, p.49, Open Road Media

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