My Dad Quotes - Page 11

• 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

  Dad, Writing, Men

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• My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.

  Lee Westwood

  Dad, Congratulations, Looks

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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

  Dad, Winning, Nuts

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

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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, Dad, Teenager

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• My parents, last time we went to Ikea, got into a huge fight, almost got divorced. My dad accidentally put his fist through the wood. I don't know what it was made of. Just going there it's like a maze. My mom makes me go. I get lost. It's very stressful.

  Jedediah Bila

  Mom, Dad, Fighting

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• My dad was a bartender that worked banquets. So that meant holidays, weekends, nights.

  Marco Rubio

  Dad, Bartender, Banquets

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.

  Vance Havner

  Fathers Day, Dad, Home

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• Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while and that was to help me get through school.

  Mia Love

  Growing Up, Dad, School

  "In Utah, GOP House Candidate Out To Make History". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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• When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.

  Rich Lowry

  Mom, Dad, Nice

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• My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Mom, Dad, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Before I was going to be an actress, I was going to be a veterinarian! I thought I was one as a child. I was the kid who was like, 'Daddy! I want a kitty! It needs a mommy!' And my dad was such a sucker. Every time I would beg, with tears flying down my face, about how this animal needs love, needs a home. He would cave.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Dad, Children, Kids

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

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• Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

  Joe Manganiello

  Dad, Athlete, Son

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• My mother married three times. My dad is... I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him.

  Leslie Mann

  Mother, Zero, Dad

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

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• I built up a knowledge of 1960s and '70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I'd sit up with my mum and watch films - 'How I Won the War' and the films of Richard Lester, Karel Reisz and John Schlesinger.

  Nick Moran

  Dad, War, Night

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

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• I'm a huge fan of John Hughes and can say that 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' is easily a top 3 favorite. I'm also a huge fan of all the Second City talent, and I think my Dad and Bill Murray are long lost twins.

  Ryan McPartlin

  Dad, Thinking, Cities

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

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• I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.

  Shay Mitchell

  Mom, Dad, Grew Up

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• My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it.

  St. Vincent

  Dad, Kids, Car

  "St Vincent: soundtrack of my life". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.

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• My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.

  Allison Williams

  Dad, Thinking, Hbo

  "A Racy Big Break for Brian Williams' Daughter" by Michael O'Connell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 3, 2012.

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• I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

  Joe Wright

  Dad, Directors, Actors

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

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• I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.

  Samuel West

  Dad, Ease, Company

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• As a kid, I would look at my dad and ask him why he was wearing jeans with his tux. Today I love to do it. It's just fun to be a little more unique.

  David Lauren

  Dad, Fun, Kids

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• I was born in Scotland and have lived there all my life. I speak conversational Cantonese with my dad when I'm at home, and very basic Mandarin.

  Katie Leung

  Dad, Home, Scotland

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• Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad and my brother are the most important men in my life and I would do anything for them. I feel like I should be the one cooking and looking after them.

  Katie Leung

  Brother, Dad, Men

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• My dad left when I was a little boy and I grew up with my mother's family. There were foundations in the U.S. where Jewish people got together and sent money to Cuba, so we got some of that. We were a poor family, but I was always a happy kid.

  William Levy

  Mother, Dad, Kids

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• My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.

  Thomas Langmann

  Dad, Helping, Conviction

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