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" I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' "
Ralph Nader
Political
Me
Father
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" I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy. "
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" By high school, I was telling everyone, 'Oh, I'm going to be a doctor when I grow up,' because my dad was always saying to me, 'Pick a career path where you're always going to be necessary.' But by junior year, I was president of choir, I was the lead in the school play, and I just loved being onstage performing. "
Aja Naomi King
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" When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away. "
Hugh Jackman
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" My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance. "
Henry Cavill
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Head
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" I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something. "
Olga Kurylenko
You
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" Everything I learned about the game of baseball, I learned from my dad. "
Roberto Alomar
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" I definitely got my philanthropic genes from my mom and dad. They taught me from a very early age to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need, and I hope to raise my daughter to be a very kind and charitable person. "
Rebecca Gayheart
Daughter
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Me
" My mum was quite poor, and my dad was rich. She didn't dig that, so she left him. "
Kevin Parker
Poor
Rich
Left
" My dad was somewhat of a naturalist and used to teach us about different birds and trees. So did a fifth grade teacher who made a lasting impact on me; to this day, I remember his lessons about counting the needles on pine trees, seeing if they are twisted or straight, and about checking the tips of oak leaves to see if they are pointed or lobed. "
Henry Paulson
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" Dad was that one person who, no matter what he did in life, he just took it by storm, and he was so passionate and just really lived in the moment. Whatever the opposite of a procrastinator is, that was him... and I think I kind of inherited a little bit of that. "
Bindi Irwin
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Moment
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" I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back. "
Imelda Marcos
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Father
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" If I had a message to give my dad, it'd probably be, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' He's helped me so much on this crazy journey. Giving up his job, being away from my mom, and being away from home for that much just because of me? It's a lot. And I thank him for it. "
Chloe Kim
Mom
Job
Home
" My parents were reasonably affluent in Kabul. In the States, we were on welfare. My mom became a waitress, and my dad became a driving instructor. That part of the American immigrant experience applies to people of any nationality. "
Khaled Hosseini
Experience
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States
" My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage. "
Bruno Mars
See
You
Sharp
" The house was big enough for my brother and me to have firecracker wars at one end and leave Mom and Dad undisturbed at the other. When firecrackers weren't available, we attacked each other with pennies and marbles and clumps of Crisco, which made brilliant greasy asterisks when you missed and hit the wall. "
John Dickerson
You
Brother
End
" When I was four, we moved to a farm outside Springfield, Missouri. We had a radio show from that farmhouse. My dad always wanted a farm. We used to go out and milk the cows every morning and then do a radio show with a remote control from our living room. We'd start by singing 'Keep On The Sunny Side.' "
Charlie Haden
Living
Control
Singing
" My dad's not here, but he's watching in heaven. "
Bubba Watson
Here
Father's Day
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" I had old bunk beds that my dad got from Seabrook Farms. They were first used by German prisoners during World War II, who were sent to work the farms during the war. The metal beds with their thin mattresses could easily be used as a jungle gym and I loved them. "
David Mixner
Gym
Work
World
" When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work. "
Ryan Reynolds
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" I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father. "
Joel Osteen
Father
Decision
Try
" The wholesome is definitely intentional and drilled into me. I mean, we weren't allowed to pierce our ears growing up. We didn't wear makeup. We couldn't have layers in our hair, perms, or color, or manicures. My dad didn't think it was ladylike. My dad just felt like his daughters should be wholesome. "
Jennifer Garner
Color
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" My mom was a housewife and a sponge, who would absorb everything and make it all look like a fairytale when he entered the house. For instance, when he came home, I would always be seen studying with my books open. She always made sure that Dad went back to the shoot happily. "
Ram Charan
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Home
" Young men are obsessed with their dads, and they remain obsessed if the dad is not around. Remember that there was a lot of discussion about how George W. Bush might have invaded Iraq to atone for the failures of his dad. "
Dinesh D'Souza
Discussion
How
Men
" I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "
Walter Cronkite
Mom
Hope
Choir
" I wanted to be a police officer for a long time so I could be just like my dad! "
Doreen Cronin
Time
Police
Long Time
" 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. "
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" I am so blessed. I have an incredible wife, children I adore; I'm a very happy man. I've got a great mom and dad and brothers and sisters and stuff, so I've always been happy. And I never stop smiling. "
Michael Kelly
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Mom
" So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued. "
Nick Cannon
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" When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years. "
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" I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things. "
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