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" My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad. "
Beau Bridges
Dad
Teacher
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" One day we were sitting in our little classroom in the middle of Australia Zoo, and Dad bursts in and says, 'OK, today we're going to go climb a mountain,' - the Glass House Mountains are about 20 minutes away - so we packed up all our math work and ran out the door and climbed Mount Tibrogargan. "
Bindi Irwin
Today
Mountains
Work
" My dad was traveling a lot, but when he would come home and cook, he'd cook pizza. "
Hilary Knight
Cook
He
Pizza
" I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's going to take me to the beach and go swimming, but he's such a motivational person. "
Tiffany Trump
Father
Motivational
Beach
" 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
Political
Wind
Watch
" In 1965, I was 11 and in my last year at Junior school. I was living with my mum and older sister in a rented flat in south London - my parents had separated when I was five and got divorced a couple of years later, which was unusual at the time. My dad was working abroad, and I hadn't seen him for several years. "
Tony Bradman
Living
Time
School
" My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even. "
Cindy Sherman
He
Talk
Even
" I remember, the first time I gave Dad a proper hug, it was big. "
Nick Cummins
First
Hug
Remember
" 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 dad was always supportive of me and my skating, and he loved me as best that he could, and he worked hard. "
Tonya Harding
Me
Always
Best
" Now I meditate twice a day for half an hour. In meditation, I can let go of everything. I'm not Hugh Jackman. I'm not a dad. I'm not a husband. I'm just dipping into that powerful source that creates everything. I take a little bath in it. "
Hugh Jackman
Husband
Powerful
Bath
" Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things. "
Oliver Hudson
Many
Modern
Things
" Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him. "
Lara St. John
Never
Forget
Great
" No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good. "
Eddie Murray
Place
Today
Good
" I went to see England against Switzerland at Wembley with my dad and brother, too. That was in 2008, Fabio Capello's first game in charge. Jermaine Jenas scored, and we won 2-1. I remember the national anthem was incredible. I sang it with pride - always do. "
Harry Kane
Always
Brother
Game
" I've spent so much time with my dad traveling and seeing the ground-level change that we've been able to make through philanthropy and trip over trip, time over time, country over country, home after home we've been invited into, given tea, given food that people didn't have to give us, I mean all of these things. "
Howard Warren Buffett
Time
Home
Change
" That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. "
August Strindberg
Position
Family
Enemy
" I was scouted by this talent scout back home. She found me because I used to make my dad these CDs of my music, and I think that some guy that he worked with had a niece who worked with the talent scout, or something really drawn out, kind of word-of-mouth. "
Brianna Hildebrand
Talent
Home
Music
" None of my sisters are in the movies, nor are my nieces going to be. That's how Dutt 'sahab,' my dad, brought up the girls in the family, and I am just carrying his thought forward. "
Sanjay Dutt
Movies
Thought
Forward
" I called up and said, 'Dad, I won a MacArthur.' My father goes: 'I always thought your sister would win that,' and I said, 'Dad, just say congratulations and keep your private thoughts private.' At that point he laughed, then burst into tears, and it was obvious that he was so happy and proud. "
Bonnie Bassler
Father
Happy
Proud
" The lesson of Pearl Harbor ought never to be forgotten, and of course the motto that came from that, 69 years ago, the war which my dad fought, was 'Remember Pearl Harbor, never again.' We need to keep that to mind. "
Oliver North
Need
Remember
War
" I caught the acting bug from my dad. "
Finn Wittrock
Dad
Acting
Bug
" I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte. "
Bill Bryson
Things
Up
Heights
" I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. "
Chely Wright
Him
He
Fired
" When I was younger, I had terrible skin... my mother has terrible skin. Male-pattern hair loss is starting to come in... my dad is bald. It's so unfair; my brother's tall, has perfect skin, great hair, but I'm like the runt. "
Russell Tovey
Loss
Bald
Brother
" My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.' "
Tiger Woods
Influence
Dress
Intelligence
" I was raised by my mom. My dad was always traveling, but she allowed me and encouraged me to be close to my dad. So I grew up with three parents: my mom, my dad and my stepmom. Ninety percent of the time I was with my mom, and 10 percent was with my dad. "
Brian J. White
Mom
Parents
She
" As a young girl, I plowed the fields of our family farm. I worked construction with my dad. To save for college, I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardees. "
Joni Ernst
Morning
Family
Farm
" There are many people who are behind whatever I've achieved so far. My dad, Daboo Malik, is my mentor and guiding light who supported and influenced me. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to be what I am today. Besides him, Salman Khan is yet another important person who is my biggest and constant inspiration. "
Armaan Malik
Mentor
I Am
Light
" My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. "
Victor Borge
Caught
Cure
Disease
" Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, 'Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.' "
Gina Rodriguez
Today
Morning
Me