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" 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
Performer
Rock
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" I've always been an extremist. Some of us have very addictive personalities, and for some of us, that mechanism gets tripped up. Mine certainly did. I'm not cured. You never are. The recovery is a day-to-day process. "
Natalie Cole
You
Process
Recovery
" 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
" Out of all my friends, I believe I'm the only kid whose dad made us work to cut rebars; we laid bricks in construction sites and did other real work every summer for minimum wage. Our dad said that it's important in the future that when we tell people to dig a hole, that you personally know how long it will take to dig that hole. "
Eric Trump
Long
People
Construction
" A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad. "
Lenny Kravitz
You
Time
Stand
" I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids. "
Chris O'Donnell
Work Hard
Short
Day
" 'Rust' really started with the passing of my dad, and me really looking back inward to my self about where I stand with all things on a faith/religious/spiritual level. And it's really put me on this interesting road and very educational, I might add, road back to understanding the role of faith in God and Christ in my life. "
Corbin Bernsen
Life
Road
Self
" My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture. "
Natalie Cole
Who
Pop Culture
Pop
" I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle. "
Tatum O'Neal
Punished
Whistle
Lifestyle
" Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero. "
Bindi Irwin
Always
Living
Superhero
" Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and I've spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up. "
Eleanor Tomlinson
Stage
Growing Up
Growing
" My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement. "
Lindi Ortega
Growing
Band
Bass
" When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that. "
Scott Adkins
Arts
Brother
Like
" Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father. "
Sean Penn
Now
Main
Interest
" On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer. "
Dan Feuerriegel
Skin
Mother
Side
" My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be just like your dad. "
Derek Jeter
Want
You
Like
" I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball. "
Nick Offerman
Baseball
Basketball
Small Town
" My father's father died when he was a teenager, and dad went to work to support his mother and two siblings as a carpenter and as a builder's mule, hauling carts of lumber to construction sites when it was too icy for the mules to climb the hills. "
Maryanne Trump Barry
Climb
Work
Support
" They have had such a crazy life living with me as their dad. Not crazy but different from their friends. "
Sebastian Bach
Friends
Had
Me
" Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult. "
Dana Carvey
Focus
Change
Business
" My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer. "
Anna Lee
Prayer
Dad
Father
" I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, in a really rundown old house. I'd stay out till 8:30, 9:00 at night. Just blow in. My mom and dad never really cared much. It was okay. We were pretty free to roam. I mean, I had no concept of stopping play. It just didn't occur to anyone. "
Michael Keaton
Free
Play
Night
" I felt that if I'm serious about acting, I would like people to see me as an actress. It's less of a stretch if I'm singing, unless I'm playing a character who sings. "
Natalie Cole
Serious
Character
Singing
" When I was young, I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters: a family, a business and a good name. I was raised to believe in hard work, in faith and family. My dad, Ed Pence, was a combat veteran in Korea. "
Mike Pence
Hard Work
Work
Good
" I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'. "
Natalie Cole
Voice
Think
People
" One of the jokes among our family was that whenever Dad went to the movies, he insisted on getting his senior citizen's discount. It was laughable to view him as a traditional senior citizen; he was one of the most robust people I ever knew. Until, very suddenly, he wasn't. "
Justin Trudeau
Family
People
Citizen
" Everyone talks about how we're on our phones all the time, but the fact remains that when I'm away on a film set for two months, I can Skype my family. I remember the phone calls my parents had to make when my dad was away for a while when I was younger - that once-a-week expensive phone call! The time pressure on talking to your father! "
Domhnall Gleeson
Family
Time
Remember
" 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
Father
World
Much
" People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak. "
Nico Rosberg
People
Speak
Also
" Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me. "
Jennie Finch
She
Mom
Me
" It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. "
Pope John XXIII
Real
Children
Easier