My Dad Quotes - Page 12

• I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.

  Chaske Spencer

  Football, Dad, Player

  "'New moon' Werewolf Chaske Spencer is looking good - with or without his shirt off" by Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. August 19, 2009.

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• My parents came to this country after World War II, Jews from Czechoslovakia who had survived Auschwitz and Dachau. They settled with my sister in rural Ohio in the 1950s, where my dad became the town doctor and I was born.

  Julie Salamon

  Country, Dad, War

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• I was homeless for about 8 months, I refused to live with my dad or anyone for that matter. So I stayed somewhere that had no hot water, ever, no heat, I told myself I have to be strong and get through it on my own.

  Eric West

  Strong, Dad, Water

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• I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying the guitar that used to be his. We're the same person. I don't know if he realises how much of a legacy he has left to his children.

  Martha Wainwright

  Children, Dad, Night

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• One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.

  Lukas Haas

  Dad, School, Order

  "Actor Lukas Haas dons a hospital gown for MCR clip, works on debut LP" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. October 19, 2006.

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• My dad has more sparkly stuff than most men.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Dad, Men, Stuff

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Dad, Figures, Let Me

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• My dad's not a very intimidating father figure.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Dad, Father, Intimidating

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

  Georgia May Jagger

  Dad, Supportive, Endeavor

  "Georgia May Jagger: The Interview" by Christine Lennon, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 15, 2010.

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• When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, 'Are you wearing makeup?' I would say back, 'You're wearing more makeup there than I am!

  Georgia May Jagger

  Dad, Makeup, Firsts

  "Georgia May Jagger" by Derek Blasberg, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

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• My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

  Miranda Leek

  Dad, Archery, Piano

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• My dad, we'll be talking about goals for the next year. He's like, 'I think you can be here,' and I look at him like he's cross-eyed, like, 'Are you serious? That's so far out of my reach.' Well, then I always end up achieving it.

  Miranda Leek

  Dad, Thinking, Talking

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• My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

  Page McConnell

  Mom, Dad, Guitar

  "Nightline Playlist: Page McConnell" by Howard L. Rosenberg, abcnews.go.com. January 5, 2008.

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• I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

  Claude Nicollier

  Dad, Years, Switzerland

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• When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated, so we were watching popular movies. My dad liked cowboy movies, so we were watching cowboy movies. Some of them were amazing. It’s a genre of movie I like very much.

  Olivier Martinez

  Dad, Kids, Cowboy

  "The General". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2015.

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• My dad served 21 years and my mom did 13, so through that process, they taught me that I always have to give back.

  Robert Griffin III

  Mom, Dad, Years

  "Mitt Romney on Hillary Clinton's candidacy, crowded GOP field; Sen. Bob Menendez on indictment, Iran and Cuba". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2015.

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• I love my dad; I'm a daddy's girl, all the way.

  Molly Quinn

  Girl, Dad, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.

  Duncan Jones

  Dad, Kids, Orange

  Source: collider.com

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• My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.

  Christopher Bollen

  Mother, Dad, Book

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.

  Eddie Izzard

  Beach, Dad, War

  "Valkyrie - Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad, ... That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.

  Jessica Simpson

  Jobs, Dad, Heart

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• There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".

  John Denver

  Dad, College, Guitar

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• We had a great childhood and boyhood. It was a wonderful time through those years. A lot of it was through the Depression years, when things were tough, but my dad always had a job. But I had a great time. I was kind of restless, and I had a hard time staying in school all day, so me and a few pals would duck out and go out on these various adventures.

  James Arness

  Jobs, Dad, School

  "'Gunsmoke' Star Arness Marshals His Memories". Interview with Susan King, articles.latimes.com. November 01, 2001.

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• I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Dad, Father

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• My dad was a big card player.

  Vince Vaughn

  Dad, Player, Cards

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