889 private quotes tagged dad

“I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.” — Claude Nicollier

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“I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management.” — James Belushi

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“When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.” — Rich Lowry

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“I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.” — Ricky Martin

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“My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.” — John L. Phillips

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“I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.” — Chaske Spencer

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“The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.” — Haley Joel Osment

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“My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.” — Benjamin Walker

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“My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.'” — Allison Williams

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“Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.” — Kim Wilde

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“My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.” — Joey Lauren Adams

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“My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.” — Jason Gann

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“I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.” — Jared Harris

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“I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'” — James Belushi

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“Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.” — Mia Love

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“I was really bright as a kid and tested well, and it was clear that I was going to get scholarships to any schools I wanted. My dad always said I could be an engineer at that time it was the elite of society: steady job, working in science, which was then the answer to every problem we had. It was kind of a mandate. Kind of a dream he had for me.” — James Wood

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“My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads.” — Boomer Esiason

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“My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.” — Dominic West

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“No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.” — Jimmy Connors

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“I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad.” — Sam Elliott

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“I think people like to think I'm in some way financially dependent on my family - on my dad - but the fact of the matter is I've been emancipated from my father since I was 14 years old. That's something people don't know or understand.” — Devon Aoki

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“I lost my mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and we had to relocate my dad after 58 years in the family home. That was tough.” — Doug Davidson

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“I didn't really get into golf until I was about 14. My mom and dad were taking lessons from a pro an hour and a half from our farm in Cohuna, Australia. When they got home, I'd ask my mom to explain everything they learned - drills and all.” — Stuart Appleby

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“My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.” — Chris Pine

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“I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.” — Miranda Kerr

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