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" Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. "
Margaret Mead
Social
Accidents
Biological
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" My dad went to law school at night while working full-time. He has an unparalleled work ethic and has passed down to me his passion for playing and watching sports. I love him dearly. "
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" As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights. "
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" I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads. "
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" I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please. "
Robert Mapplethorpe
" I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working. "
Steven Spielberg
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" Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. "
Greg Louganis
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" 'The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind. "
Jenna Blum
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Memories
Daily
" I was madly in love with Elvis Presley. Dad wasn't into it at all, at least not for himself as a performer. He used to say, 'Mr. Cole does not rock n' roll.' "
Natalie Cole
Used
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" I've seen fathers criticizing their sons the moment a game's over. Not my dad. It doesn't matter if I threw an interception or a Hail Mary, he always says, 'Good job, son, I'm proud of you.' Then he shakes my hand and gives me a hug. Every time. "
Ben Roethlisberger
Good
Moment
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" My dad was born in Haiti, and my mom was born in Tunisia. She is the daughter of a white French woman and a black, half-Guadeloupian, half-American man. My mom traveled the world a lot. She went through Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. She just got to experience a lot of different cultures, and that came through my childhood. "
Cecile McLorin Salvant
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Man
" Man, I love being a dad. It's super fun. "
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Love
" I never met a person as determined as my mother. From working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the household down or maintain my father's discipline, my dad, I'm so much like my father too. My father was so introverted, quiet, shy, nice. I got attributes from my father and mother. "
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Father
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" My mom worked for Apple, and my dad owned his own business. "
Travis Scott
Business
His
Apple
" My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home. "
Patty Loveless
Missed
Smiling
Home
" My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English. "
John Boyega
Second
English
First
" President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen. "
Chris Rock
Know
You
Boss
" I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad. "
Dominic Purcell
Kids
Myself
More
" My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer. "
Ansel Elgort
Dancer
Mom
Beautiful
" My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O. "
Azita Ghanizada
People
Pearls
Band
" I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!' "
Eamonn Walker
Hope
Best
Work
" We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, it's only us. And we're only responsible to make ourselves happy. "
Tom Brady
People
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Happy
" I don't think there's any real motivation for somebody to be a truck driver. Mine was simple; dad was a truck driver, I wanted to own one. "
Lindsay Fox
Truck
Motivation
Think
" My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.' "
Bruce Dickinson
World
You
Care
" I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine. "
Joan Cusack
Laugh
Life
Thought
" My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him. "
Shakira
Him
Inspiration
Me
" Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines. "
Paloma Faith
Better
Born
Cook
" Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. "
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Want
Possible
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" 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. "
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Me
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" The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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Fear
" Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. "
Friedrich Nietzsche
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