My Dad Quotes - Page 38

• My dad noticed some kind of talent on piano when he asked me to play a couple random songs on piano when I was 6 and I just did it. I attempted lessons but I was just so bad at reading notes. I would read "Three Blind Mice" by ear, so learning notes was almost impossible.

  Christina Grimmie

  Song, Couple, Dad

  Source: joonbug.com

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• American pop group N'SYNC's. I listened to it endlessly in my dad's car. This also made me wanna be a singer.

  Seungri

  Dad, Car, Groups

  Source: fyeahseungri.com

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• [I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.

  Billy Crystal

  Stars, Uncles, Dad

  "Billy Crystal Finds Fun In Growing Old (But Still Can't Find His Keys)". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. October 17, 2013.

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• Undoubtedly, the biggest influence on my life is my mom, followed pretty closely by my dad.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Mom, Dad, Life Is

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

  Anthony Evans

  Dad, Careers, Building

  "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.

  Michael Gove

  Dad, Fishing, Scotland

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I was doing 100 pushups by 8 years old. My dad was the type like he'd have friends over and be like, "My son can do that, Ryan drop and give me 100 pushups!" and would have me do it for his friends. It was that type of household.

  Ryan Montgomery

  Dad, Son, Years

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• My dad struggled with cocaine addiction, and we actually went to rehab with him too. I remember having extensive talks with him about how I was wired a certain way, how I wouldn't be able to drink and do drugs the same way my friends got to.

  Ryan Montgomery

  Dad, Addiction, Drug

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• My big brother used to come home drunk and he'd clash with my dad and I just didn't want that.

  Ryan Montgomery

  Brother, Dad, Home

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I'd clash with my dad over other things, you know, like difference of opinion and me getting testosterone, you know what I'm saying? Me feeling like I'm a little tough, being a teenager. But my big brother would come in drunk and really, really try my dad and I didn't want to do that.

  Ryan Montgomery

  Brother, Dad, Teenager

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• One day I was in the studio with my cousin. My dad was on tour at the time, so just for fun I recorded some stuff with my cousin. We were just playing around. After my dad got back, one day he played what we recorded. He heard my part and was like, "Who is that?" My cousin was like, "Uh, that's your son!" So he was like, "That's hot. You wanna make a record?"

  Lil Romeo

  Cousin, Dad, Fun

  Source: ledgernote.com

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• The truth is, my dad was a great driver. I mean, he could handle an automobile. He loved speed. He used to joke that his one regret was he didn't join the volunteer fire service so he could drive the ambulance.

  Joe Biden

  Dad, Regret, Mean

  "Things My Father Taught Me: An Interview with Joe and Hunter Biden". Interview with Ryan D'Agostino, www.popularmechanics.com. May 18, 2016.

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• My Dad sold automobiles as a general manager of a General Motors automobile dealership. He was a job creator. Everyone of those cars he sold he created a job for somebody on the assembly line.

  Joe Biden

  Jobs, Dad, Car

  Interview with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2016.

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• My parents were divorced and my dad was in the Marines. I lived in California until I was 10 then we moved to Bettendorf, Iowa when I was in the fourth grade. I had an older brother so it made it a little easier to adjust to things.

  Robbie Lawler

  Brother, Dad, Marine

  Source: www.octagonbuzz.com

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• My mom is a great cook, and family dinners were a must growing up, even if that meant eating at 10 p.m. when my dad got home from the hospital. It's where we did our family bonding.

  Daphne Oz

  Mom, Dad, Growing Up

  Interview with Rachel Goldstien, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The fact that my dad was never around gave me a lot of determination. It really set this fire full of fuel, so to speak. It didn't matter what anybody was telling me, how many times I got rejected, because it was never as bad as being rejected by your own father.

  DJ Ashba

  Determination, Dad, Father

  "Guns N' Roses DJ Ashba: On Overcoming Obstacles with a Guitar". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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• I remember the day before my dad died, I was in a hospital room with him, and he had lived a long life. He was 94, and I helped him get up, and there were two windows separated by the partition. I took him to the first window, and he kind of found his way to the second window, and on the way there was a mirror, and he looked into it, and I saw through the corner of my eye, I remember the look on his face. What came over his face was "So I'm here. I've crossed that bridge."

  Andy Kim

  Dad, Eye, Bridges

  "'Songs I Can Sing Ya': An Interview with Andy Kim and Kevin Drew". Interview With Evan Sawdey, www.popmatters.com. February 24, 2015.

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• To make a movie, and we can call it a movie or we can call it a piece of art, to make a movie that has that much mass appeal what it is? What is it that makes kids in China want to see that movie [ 'Avatar'] and makes my dad want to see that movie.

  Casey Neistat

  Art, Dad, Kids

  Source: www.tvequals.com

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• My dad was a really intense competitor and that rubbed off on me. He was loud and vocal on the court, so I let him do all the talking. But I developed a kind of quiet intensity that I knew I had to have to improve and compete with grown men. It took every ounce of focus.

  Karch Kiraly

  Dad, Men, Talking

  Source: www.stack.com

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• The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

  Dean Norris

  Art, Dad, People

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

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• I thank my dad for my mental longevity and for the fact we played against better competition.

  Karch Kiraly

  Dad, Competition, Facts

  Source: www.stack.com

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• I drank, I used drugs, I broke into houses, sniffed women's undergarments. I ate Benzedrex inhalers, jacked off for 18 hours at a pop, lived with my dad in a shitpad.

  James Ellroy

  Dad, House, Drug

  "The Onion talks to crime-fiction kingpin James Ellroy". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. November 20, 1996.

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• I take the kids skiing every year, and my husband doesn't always go. The way I grew up, that's very normal. My mom would take us skiing, but my dad hates cold weather.

  Julie Bowen

  Mom, Husband, Dad

  "Julie Bowen: Fellow Mom Reese Witherspoon 'Saved My Life'". Interview with Alissa Schulman, www.usmagazine.com. August 9, 2016.

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• My dad always told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I was willing to work hard enough to achieve it.

  Coco Jones

  Dad, Hard Work, Enough

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Embraced by the Light. It's about a woman who passed away during surgery, and she went to heaven, had her experience, and then came back. My dad [Robert Kardashian] would try to get me to read it, and I wouldn't. Then when he passed away, I was cleaning out my room in his house, and I found it. I read it, and it helped me. I felt like my dad was okay.

  Kim Kardashian

  Dad, Light, House

  "Icons: In Bed with Kim and Kanye" by Carine Roitfeld, www.harpersbazaar.com. July 28, 2016.

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