889 private quotes tagged dad

“Truthfully, I'm still Corey Hart, Dad, first.” — Corey Hart

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“I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game.” — David Hyde Pierce

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“My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?” — David Hyde Pierce

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“My dad has always been very proud of me but I think I have exceeded his expectations. When I told him I wanted to be an actor and moved to New York City, I think he assumed I would be playing the guitar on the subway and collecting spare change in my guitar case. The fact that I'm not doing that means that I'm a huge success.” — Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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“I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.” — Dido Armstrong

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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

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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

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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

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“Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.” — Nancy Sinatra

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“I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley. So I kept going to class and started getting totally into playing guitar and teaching myself these songs.” — Jake Owen

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“I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what is it that leads girls certain directions in life. I think a lot of that goes back to what kind of father they had, and so it makes me want to be the best dad I can possibly be.” — Jake Owen

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“I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.” — Nancy Sinatra

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“I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.” — Emily VanCamp

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“We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything.” — Ashley Scott

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“To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.” — Robert Moog

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“My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn't enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef.” — Brendan Coyle

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“My dad was the baby. When he was born they were already successful. They sent him to business school - he probably would have loved to have been a poet or a writer or something, and he was very creative.” — Bob Balaban

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“From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.” — Luke Bryan

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“I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.” — Ed Miliband

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“There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.” — Arne Duncan

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“My dad is very successful in his business. He's always been big in having hobbies and having little ways to get away. He always made time for hunting and fishing. He always encouraged me to do it.” — Luke Bryan

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“I absolutely love working with my dad because there is such an ease about it, and I also love his company.” — Samuel West

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“My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.” — Poppy Z. Brite

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“I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.” — Alvin Lee

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“Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s.” — Jamie Moyer

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