889 private quotes tagged dad

“It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn't have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.” — Thierry Henry

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“One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.” — Robert Griffin III

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“I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.” — Rory McIlroy

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“My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.” — Juliana Hatfield

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“My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.” — Arabella Weir

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“My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.” — Roger Federer

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“The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me.” — Katie Price

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“I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.” — Olivia Thirlby

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“My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.” — Dave Brubeck

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“My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.” — Rory McIlroy

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“We busted a lot of family secrets with this. But to make a long story short, my parents relationship was built heavily on security issues for my Mom, and when my Dad couldn't provide security, the relationship unraveled.” — Kenny Loggins

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“OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.” — Mike Mills

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“I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.” — Kat Dennings

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“I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.” — Frank Bruno

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“My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.” — Mayer Hawthorne

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“My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'” — Mayer Hawthorne

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“I come from an ordinary family - my dad is a carpenter, a roof-maker - and we've always loved racing together.” — Sebastian Vettel

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“I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.” — Nicholas Hoult

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“My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.” — Wiz Khalifa

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“You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now.” — Tim McGraw

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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

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“I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.” — Shakira

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“My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.” — Larry Elder

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“If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.” — Larry Elder

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“I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.” — Hilary Duff

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