My Dad Quotes - Page 31

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

  Joel Courtney

  Dad, Trouble, My Family

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• My dad graduated seminary there, and so did (sounds like) Mark Kimball's grandfather. They sang in a quartet together, my dad and Mark Kimball's grandfather.

  Al Jarreau

  Dad, Grandfather, Together

  "Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. November 5, 2013.

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• Struggling to stay in the middle class, and I love that. That's me and my dad and my family.

  Tavis Smiley

  Dad, Struggle, Class

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I went back to a small town in Poland where my dad grew up. It was a very traumatic experience for me as a young man to know that my father's family were killed by Nazis, killed by Hitler. And that left, you know, if not intellectually, at least an emotional part of me which said, God, we have got to do everything we can to end this kind of horrific racism or anti-Semitism. And I have spent much of my life trying to fight that.

  Bernie Sanders

  Dad, Father, Fighting

  Source: www.npr.org

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• My dad was opening fast bowler for Yorkshire's second team and I couldn't believe he could die. He wasn't going to get better for at least six months, so I left school early to become the family breadwinner.

  Brian Blessed

  Dad, Team, Believe

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too.

  Paige VanZant

  Dad, Wrestling, Technique

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• As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

  Mike Trout

  Teacher, Dad, Kids

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• I'm glad I was raised by my dad for other reasons, too. There are things you can learn from a father, as a son, that you can never learn from Mom. Special things, important things. Like "never challenge Dad to a fist fight.

  Christopher Titus

  Mom, Dad, Father

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• I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.

  Lady Gaga

  Dad, Men, My Daughter

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• My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness.

  Josh Brolin

  Dad, Actors, Infancy

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• I don't know my biological father. That could have had a huge impact on my life had it not been for the fact that my dad married my mom when I was one and raised me as his own.

  Rosario Dawson

  Mom, Dad, Father

  "Rosario Dawson Talks GIMME SHELTER, Coming Full Circle Since Her Debut in KIDS, Responding to the Screenplay, and Collaborating with Vanessa Hudgens". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 22, 2014.

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• I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view it as something that I would want to do.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Dad, Home, Views

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I just love to sing, so like my dad's advice when I was younger - anytime you get a chance to sing, just go out there and do it! I truly just love the actual singing.

  Lauren Hart

  Dad, Advice, Singing

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• My dad knew that if I wanted to make a career out of it, I needed to go to NASCAR rather than dirt racing. Personally, I like dirt racing a little bit more. It's a little more fun.

  Tanner Berryhill

  Dad, Fun, Careers

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• My dad was so influential in my career. It was a fulfillment of every athlete's dream. I dreamed about it as a kid. We played hockey in the backyard. We had silver buckets we carried around like the Stanley Cup. It was everything that you would hope.

  Matt Cullen

  Dream, Dad, Athlete

  "A conversation with Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. May 6, 2013.

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• My dad introduced me to the game, gave me a stick. Since then I've had a passion for it.

  Sidney Crosby

  Dad, Passion, Games

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• Nolan Ryan helped me with baseball, and my dad passing away gave me a bigger heart.

  Randy Johnson

  Baseball, Dad, Heart

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• My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.'

  Jorge Posada

  Dad, Smart, Games

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• I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.

  Venus Williams

  Dream, Dad, Home

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• My dad always told me to play hard and know that the people you're competing with and against are working just as hard or harder. So don't let them out-work you.

  Tim Hudson

  Dad, Play Hard, People

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• My dad is my hitting coach. When I need help, I go to him.

  Robinson Cano

  Dad, Needs, Hitting

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• My mom can still slap me silly and my dad still threatens to ground me.

  Cole Hamels

  Mom, Dad, Silly

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• My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was younger, and I stuck with it.

  Steven Stamkos

  Dad, Hockey, Careers

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• My dad was dead, so these streets had to raise me.

  Ludacris

  Death, Dad, Raises

  Song: Growing Pains

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• My dad's death reminds me of earthquakes - things that shake your foundation.

  Tim Allen

  Dad, Earthquakes, Foundation

  "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man". Book by Tim Allen, September 20, 1994.

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