889 private quotes tagged dad

“My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to Baghdad, so that was quite amazing. I spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East.” — Andy Serkis

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“I love Prince Harry. Good looking and a bit of a rebel. Me and his dad are as thick as thieves and I knew Harry before I knew his dad so we've met a few times. I think he's amazing. And I think you can relate to him because he's made mistakes. He's cool.” — Cheryl Cole

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“My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do.” — Colin Hanks

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“When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd turn down the music and turn around and I'd be singing and know all of the words but I didn't even know how to talk. From then on I've always wanted to be a singer.” — Leona Lewis

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“I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad's a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars - how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I could remember, I've always envisioned myself in a vintage muscle car.” — Amber Heard

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“Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.” — Bono

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“I've got high standards when it comes to boys. As my dad says, all girls should! I'm from the South - Tennessee, to be exact - and down there, we're all about southern hospitality. I know that if I like a guy, he better be nice, and above all, my dad has to approve of him!” — Miley Cyrus

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“But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.” — Tony Dungy

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“My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.” — Gwyneth Paltrow

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“I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad!” — David Bowie

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“But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.” — Herbie Hancock

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“I get that same queasy, nervous, thrilling feeling every time I go to work. That's never worn off since I was 12 years-old with my dad's 8-millimeter movie camera.” — Steven Spielberg

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“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” — Enid Bagnold

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“When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.” — Paris Hilton

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“Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.” — Tim Vine

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“And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.” — David Bowie

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“When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. He'd use his right hand, so I'd have to use my left.” — Joe Frazier

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“I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.” — Adam Sandler

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“My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.” — Harry Connick, Jr.

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“My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.” — Christian Bale

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“I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.” — Mark Viduka

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“I am quite strict as a dad but I don't want to be censorious.” — Nick Clegg

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“I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!” — Kyle Chandler

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“I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.” — Trey Parker

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“I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.” — Gary Numan

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