My Dad Quotes - Page 33

• Once I caught my dad in front of the TV watching a tennis match, and I realized they were tricking us. Poor guy, he had to sneak in a tennis final - probably the French Open.

  Clemence Poesy

  Dad, Sneak In, Tennis

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My dad isn't sure how I make a living because I'm not in the newspapers or on music shows any more. The world is bigger than England, however, but for the large part, yes, people don't know who I am. What are you gonna do? Unless you're a superstar act that attracts young people because it might be their last chance to see you before you die, then it's fairly typical. I'm astonished that I have any audience at all, to be honest.

  Graham Parker

  Dad, Who I Am, People

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• I think the most important thing I learned from my dad is the importance of telling the truth...treat other people well, work hard at the job and tell the truth.

  Sean McDonough

  Jobs, Dad, Hard Work

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• I think the biggest lesson I learned from my Dad was the importance of telling the truth.

  Sean McDonough

  Dad, Thinking, Lessons

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• You know, I'm a total perfectionist, and I labor over trying to get things right. Whether we're putting together an opening for the Masters broadcast or when I was writing with my friend Eli Stillman a book about my dad called 'Always By My Side,' I'm always trying to find a way to do something better.

  Jim Nantz

  Dad, Book, Writing

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• I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others, he responded, "I don't think you can be focused on, 'Oh gee, I want to make a difference.' It has to be spontaneous. If it's not...there's some kind of egotistical thing going on. That's a red flag. You hope you impact people on the deepest level you are capable of at the time. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. You're trying.

  Lisa Shannon

  Dad, Helping Others, Thinking

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• Yeah. When I was 14, my Dad had a radio show with really cool people from Ghent, our hometown, in it. The people who started the R&S techno label, they did a show, and a very well known Techno DJ called Frank de Wulf who was from around there, he did a show, and everybody could do what they wanted. They all started up there.

  Stephen Dewaele

  Dad, People, Labels

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• Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always been around me when I was younger when I looked up to my mom and dad, to Michael Jackson, and B2K was my favorite band growing up.

  Jacob Latimore

  Mom, Uncles, Dad

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• My dad's main client was the World Bank, and he spent most of his time traveling to Third World countries. His particular interest lay in the eradication of poverty through development and business.

  Hugh Jackman

  Country, Dad, Poverty

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• I've always loved where my dad came from and the ideals that instilled in me.

  John Krasinski

  Dad, Ideals

  "John Krasinski Talks PROMISED LAND, Collaborating with Matt Damon, Getting Input from Aaron Sorkin, THE OFFICE, Developing His Own Series, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 3, 2013.

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• I've been acting since I was young because I wanted to, not because my parents wanted me to. My dad is a principal and mom is a middle school counselor, so acting was like, "Eh, whatever. As long as you get good grades." It's really fun, and nothing more.

  Shailene Woodley

  Mom, Fun, Dad

  Source: collider.com

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• I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.

  Sally Phillips

  Dad, Moving, House

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• My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s.

  John Cusack

  Summer, Dad, Player

  "John Cusack, Gen X’s Favorite Antihero". Interview with Clara Jeffery, www.motherjones.com. July/August, 2008.

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• My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Dad

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• My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.

  Rashida Jones

  Dad, Decision

  "Rashida Jones Interview I LOVE YOU, MAN". Interview with Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub, collider.com. March 19, 2009.

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• My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied this to my own life, I saw that we are all on both sides of the coin.

  David Mamet

  Dad, Ideas, Coins

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• Socrates said, the unexamined life is not worth living. My dad said, Booty - mmm mmm.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Booty, Life Is

  "Titus" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2000-2002.

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• When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.

  Barkhad Abdi

  Dream, Dad, Hard Work

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

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• My dad's idea of a good time is to go to Sears and walk around.

  Jay Leno

  Dad, Ideas, Good Times

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

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• My dad and I, we used to play baseball. I was the catcher. Which I liked. Until one day, I saw this game on TV, and I said, Hang on, how come their catcher doesn't have his hands tied to his ankles?

  Emo Philips

  Baseball, Dad, Hands

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• A car crossed two lanes of traffic, flipped, and landed on my dad's car. I don't blame cars. My dad loved cars. I don't have many memories of my dad. The love of cars is all I have of him, really.

  Tim Allen

  Memories, Dad, Two

  “Tim Allen: What I've Learned” by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 11, 2011.

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• There's a one in six billion chance you'll find your soul mate. And that's if they're not dead. At best they're probably living in some Siberian ice cave eating bugs and weaving beads into their back hair. But they're out there. My dad believed that to find your perfect soul mate, first, you had to look through a bunch of other guys' soul mates.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Hair, Ice

  "Titus", www.imdb.com. 2000-2002.

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• Everybody's a racist. It's the one human trait that makes us all exactly the same. Deep down, we only like people who are exactly like us. And it doesn't matter. White. Black. Red. Yellow. Purple, uh oh, the purple people, are the worst. Man. All prejudiced and birth marky. But, we've got to learn to get past our differences. I learned that at the museum of tolerance. After my dad beat the crap out of a guy over a parking spot.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Past, Men

  "Titus / Too Damn Good". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• I'm taking drama classes, they say I'm a natural actress. I think it's just because I talk a lot. I'm also learning how to play guitar and piano. Piano is really hard though. My dad is teaching me and I just get so confused because the chords are so different, but by learning I hope to be able to be a songwriter as well.

  Lindsay Pagano

  Dad, Confused, Drama

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• A black widow loves her mate then kills him. A praying mantis loves her mate then eats him. Women love my dad, but he's too big to eat.

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Praying Mantis, Black

  "Titus", www.imdb.com. 2000-2002.

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