My Dad Quotes - Page 9

• My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Children, Dad, Years

  "Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins Interview THOR". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 3, 2011.

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• I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dad, Rebel, My Family

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasn't until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dad's album after he died, then it was like 'That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band.'

  Dhani Harrison

  Dad, Play, Age

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

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• I don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through.

  Dhani Harrison

  Stars, Dad, Want

  "A family affair" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2003.

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• I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

  Dhani Harrison

  Couple, Dad, Japan

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me.

  Dhani Harrison

  Dad, Guitar, Sound

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him.

  Justin Halpern

  Dad, Book, Giving

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• My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time.

  Lianne La Havas

  Dad, Grandparent, Childhood

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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 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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• My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university.

  Petra Stunt

  Mom, Dad, Humble

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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'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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• 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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• My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.

  Jeremy Northam

  Dad, Home, Sacrifice

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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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