My Dad Quotes - Page 14

• My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

  Brion James

  Dad, Night, Theater

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• I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.

  Michael B. Jordan

  Sorry, Dad, Years

  "Michael B. Jordan, ‘Fruitvale’ Star, Reveals His Early Tap Dancing Roots". Interview with Sasha Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2013.

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• My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank.

  Sean Covey

  Dad, Doctors, Ends

  Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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• I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.

  Gary Kemp

  Dad, Thinking, Class

  "What I see in the mirror" by Gary Kemp, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

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• My dad thinks Obama is a socialist and all these extreme views.

  Jonathan Krohn

  Dad, Thinking, Views

  "Jonathan Krohn, 15-Year-Old Conservative, Talks About ‘Extreme Views’ Of Anti-Obama Conservatives", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2010.

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• All my life, men have told me I wasn't pretty enough - even the men I was dating. And I'd be like, 'Well, why are you with me, then?' It's always been men putting me down just like my dad. To this day when someone says I'm cute, I can't see it. I don't see it no matter what anybody says.

  Lil' Kim

  Cute, Dad, Men

  "A Whole Lotta Lil' Kim". www.newsweek.com. June 25, 2000.

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• I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'

  Allen Leech

  Running, Growing Up, Dad

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Dad, Teenager

  "MH Grill: Dolph Lundgren". Interview with Brittany Kennedy, www.menshealth.co.uk. February 19, 2013.

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• My dad is a good dad.

  Mindy McCready

  Dad, Good Dad

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. November 11, 2005.

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• My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

  Dean Norris

  Dad, College, Parent

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

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• If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.

  Jack Osbourne

  Dad, Believe, Stuff

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• My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

  Peter R. Orszag

  Mom, Mother, Dad

  "How Peter Orszag's Budget Team Makes America Work" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2010.

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• My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.

  Ronnie O'Sullivan

  Sports, Football, Dad

  "Ronnie O'Sullivan shies away from the limelight ahead of World Championship". Interview with Jeremy Wilson, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 16, 2010.

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• It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of hung out in the summer and had nothing to do, so I sort of got into acting. And then I was going to Grand Blanc High, doing the acting thing and hoping it would pan out.

  Evan Peters

  Summer, Jobs, Dad

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

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• My favorite place in the world is my dad's house in Montauk.

  Dylan Lauren

  Dad, House, Favorite Places

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• Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.

  Dylan Lauren

  Dad, Clothes, Design

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• I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley. So I kept going to class and started getting totally into playing guitar and teaching myself these songs.

  Jake Owen

  Country, Song, Dad

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• I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.

  Adam Oates

  Dad, Too Much, Remember

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• My dad was a great dad.

  Bijou Phillips

  Dad, Great Dad

  "Teenage flicks" by William Shaw, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2002.

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• From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.

  Candace Parker

  Dad, Years, Intense Training

  "Thanks, Dad, for Believing in Me Before I Did" by Candace Parker, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2011.

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• My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.

  Chris Pine

  Dad, Crazy, Grandmother

  "Pine Was Destined To Act" by wenn.com, November 12, 2010.

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• When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?

  Chuck Pagano

  Football, Growing Up, Dad

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• My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.

  Zara Phillips

  Dad, Sometimes, Critical

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• My dad's not a big talker.

  Zara Phillips

  Dad, Bigs, Talkers

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• My dad is such a good man, hard-working.

  Kelly Reilly

  Dad, Hard Work, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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