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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
Hard Work
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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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" I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that. "
Hilary Duff
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" Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works. "
Shah Rukh Khan
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" When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away. "
Dwayne Johnson
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" I'm always sad when Dad doesn't like my columns. He waits for them every week and usually likes them, in which case he doesn't say a word - it's only if he's critical that he bothers to call. "
Sayed Kashua
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" One of my insecurities was my looks. I was short, cute and chubby, and Dad used to call me his 'little fat sausage.' But I always knew I had musical talent. "
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" My dad is such a good man. You know how when you are a child you think your dad is invincible? Well, I still think that - he is so wise and everything I do I ask my dad's advice about first. "
Leona Lewis
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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
Age
Me
" My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbilly music part of it, and all that music came over from Scotland and Ireland and England in to the Appalachian Mountains and Ozark Mountains, where I was raised. "
Charlie Haden
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" My dad taught me how to fish. When I am stand in a trout stream now, and I have the waders on, and I've got a fly rod in my hand, or I am fishing for bass, I think of sitting in a boat with my dad. How can that be a bad experience? "
Matt Lauer
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" I wanted to be something and prove to girls in high school, and to my mum and dad, that I could be really... spectacular. "
Charlotte McKinney
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High School
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" My parents divorced when I was eight; I never really knew my dad, and my mom raised my older sister and brother and me alone. It was challenging. "
Chrissy Metz
Brother
Sister
Parents
" My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic. "
Spike Milligan
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" You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame. "
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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People
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" I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.' "
Sara Blakely
Father
Brother
Say
" My mom is from Venezuela, and my dad is German and Japanese, and we lived in Brazil when I was a kid for a couple of years, and then I grew up on Long Island. I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head. I was just around it a lot. "
Fred Armisen
Think
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Mom
" I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life. "
Daniel Radcliffe
Time
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Moment
" When my dad left public life, I was 13 years old. I went through my teen years and into adulthood in relative anonymity. After my dad's funeral, I was suddenly recognizable to people I passed on the street. "
Justin Trudeau
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Years
" A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing. "
Tyson Fury
Time
Sunday
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" My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. "
Matt Lauer
Jewish
Mom
Anything
" I watch political shows for a number of weeks in a row, and all I see are guys arguing with each other over issues I have no idea about. My brother, he loves war-torn places. My dad would always read the paper and tell me I should watch CNN, but I usually wind up watching 'Breaking Bad.' "
Norm MacDonald
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" I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids. "
Dana Carvey
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" My dad had a temper. I have a temper. Most people I know have a temper. And I think it comes out mostly with your family. I don't think it's unique to the Buscemis, but it's something I've been able to tap into when I play certain roles. "
Steve Buscemi
Family
Know
Out
" Personally, I can handle criticism, especially when it is deserved, and it's because my dad never, ever said 'Well done' to me. He did it on purpose so that I kept my feet on the ground. "
Granit Xhaka
Well Done
Criticism
Me
" 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
Live
Relationship
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" I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are my best friends, so I'd have good examples to lead from. "
Coy Bowles
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Father
" I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO. "
Dave Grohl
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Start
" Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. "
Prince Charles
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Eyes
" My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves. "
Ted Cruz
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" My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album. "
Luke Bryan
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