889 private quotes tagged dad

“My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it.” — St. Vincent

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“I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course.” — Jeremy London

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“I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.” — Nick Mason

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“When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.” — Mireille Enos

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“Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.” — Jamie Redknapp

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“For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.” — Jeff Bridges

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“I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.” — Dolly Parton

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“Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesn't make you want to jump into that business.” — Charlie Sheen

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“As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.” — Zach Braff

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“I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.” — Len Wein

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“My dad was kind of a pool shark and had a Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin thing going on. I've always been fascinated by the fifties because of him. There was a hip, cool, anything-goes atmosphere back then, but looking good was still a priority.” — Dylan McDermott

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“My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.” — Beau Bridges

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“For my birthday this year, my girlfriends - who knew I'd just inherited my dad's turntable - gave me a carton of albums like 'Blue Kentucky Girl,' by Emmylou Harris, and 'Off the Wall,' by Michael Jackson. It's all stuff we grew up with. I mean, you can't have a music collection without Prince's 'Purple Rain' - it just can't be done!” — Connie Britton

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“Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano.” — Jackson Browne

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“I get around OK with a toolbox. As a kid, I picked up skills following my dad through the oil fields of Oklahoma and West Texas. My wife Janine is hard to impress, but she does think it's cool when I fix things around the house.” — Ronnie Dunn

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“Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.” — Edward Burns

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“I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.” — Eleanor Mondale

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“When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.” — Eleanor Mondale

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“I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.” — Annette Funicello

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“My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.” — John Legend

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“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.” — Jean de La Fontaine

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“My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother.” — Broderick Crawford

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“I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.” — Sammy Davis, Jr.

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“It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.” — Dawn French

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“Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along.” — Drake

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