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" In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different. "
Diego Costa
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" When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe. "
Joel Osteen
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" Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them. "
Anthony Quinn
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" I'm going to take care of the man I'm with. I grew up in a household where my mum takes care of my dad - she cooks, she does everything - and that's the kind of girl I am. "
Nicole Scherzinger
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" My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path. "
Tony Hale
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" I had a dream that my dad passed away and that Jesus came into the room and he was basically knocking on my door, saying, 'Hey, you need to find out more about me.' So that Sunday morning I ended up going to church, and that's when I got saved. "
Russell Wilson
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Saying
" A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still remember when he shaved it, he looked like a completely different person. "
Jason Sudeikis
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" My off-the-field heroes, the people who gave me the values to live by and who inspired me with their hard work and unselfish dedication to their family, were my mom, Catherine, and my dad, William. "
Allan Ray
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" 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
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Also
" I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, 'Dad, why don't you wear that at work?' And he said, 'Your religion should be in your actions.' He set a great, great example. "
Hugh Jackman
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" My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.' "
Mindy Kaling
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" My dad taught me true words you have to use in every relationship. Yes, baby. "
Star Jones
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You
Words
" 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
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Think
" I would never complain about the position I'm in or the attention I get. At the end of the day, I'm very lucky to have what I have and do what I do, but I don't see myself as any different from anyone else who works hard and is a dad and a husband. "
David Beckham
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Myself
End
" In 1997, in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, I stated, 'Your home is not an asset.' Real estate agents sent me hate mail. "
Robert Kiyosaki
Rich
Hate
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" I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing that I could never again pick up the phone to tell him about my day. "
Monica Seles
Lost
Early
Day
" I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways. "
Jon Hamm
Color
Jewelry
Life
" My dad got a job as a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches biology and genetics. My dad has been obsessed with science his whole life. Both my paternal grandparents were illiterate bamboo farmers, so he really worked his way up and then got a Ph.D., full ride and everything, from universities in America. "
Constance Wu
Life
Science
Ride
" I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern. "
Anais Nin
Father
Dad
Time
" At the end of the day, you realize that this is important stuff, but it isn't as important as how my kids feel about me. That's how I'm going to measure my success - not how I did as counsel to the president or as attorney general. How did I do as a dad? "
Alberto Gonzales
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Me
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" I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives. "
Akon
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Dad
Believe
" I think I got into travelling because it was so not in my blood, so against my tendency to just stay put because my dad just hated going on holidays, because, as I've said in many essays, the thing that he hated more than anything else in life was spending money. And as soon as you leave your home, you're spending money. "
Geoff Dyer
Think
Money
Life
" I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination. "
Dido Armstrong
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Childhood
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" When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work. "
Ryan Reynolds
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" Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father. "
Sean Penn
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Interest
" My dad, being a businessman, constantly talked to me about carrying myself in a certain way and treating people with respect. And I think that's something that's carried over throughout my life. It's how I deal with certain situations. "
Colin Kaepernick
Me
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Respect
" I think, if I had a dad, I would have went the normal college route. I'm so stoked my life panned out how it was. "
Tyler, The Creator
Life
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" I miss my dad, yes. But I try to honor his memory, as well as all the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through the love I have for all humanity, a love I try to express through my music. "
Irvin Mayfield
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" My father was never anti-anything in our house. "
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" My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do. "
Mitt Romney
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" My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him. "
Condoleezza Rice
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