My Dad Quotes - Page 8

• Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.

  Mark Hoppus

  Dad, Kids, Parent

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• Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.

  Rebecca Hall

  Dad, Father, Ideas

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

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• Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.

  Sally Hawkins

  Brother, Dad, Inspiration

  "Happy-Go-Lucky Interview". Interview with Anna Smith, www.ign.com. April 18, 2008.

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• My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

  Thierry Henry

  Dad, Done, Want

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• My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

  Tony Hale

  Appreciation, Art, Dad

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• I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.

  Chris Isaak

  Song, Growing Up, Dad

  "Musician Chris Isaak". "Travis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 15, 2011.

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• When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.

  Frank Iero

  Dad, Real, Rocks

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• I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.

  Max Irons

  Dad, Thinking, Smoking

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• 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 was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

  Thomas Jane

  Dad, Entrepreneurial, Ability

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• Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

  Lydia Ko

  Uncles, Dad, Golf

  US Golf Association Interview, www.usga.org. August 11, 2012.

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• I take almost no notes when I write. I have one notebook - this old green leather notebook that my dad gave me a decade ago.

  Nicole Krauss

  Notebook, Dad, Writing

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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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• From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.

  Hoda Kotb

  Dad, Cancer, Divorce

  Hoda Kotb, Jane Lorenzini (2014). “Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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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 got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life.

  Miranda Kerr

  Dad, Past, Koalas

  "'I believe in celebrating the female figure' says a very hot, very naked Miranda Kerr" by Caroline Corcoran, www.mirror.co.uk. October 30, 2012.

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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 pilot so I think I was born with the travel bug.

  Isabel Lucas

  Dad, Thinking, Pilots

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

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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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• My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

  Dean Norris

  Dad, Guy, Eras

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.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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