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" My mum and dad used to make me stand up at dinner parties and sing to their friends. "
Sam Smith
Up
Stand Up
Stand
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" My dad is an ob-gyn - he's retired now - and he wanted to come to the States to make a better life, for opportunity. My mom said that, on the plane ride here, I did not want to speak a word of English - I spoke Tagalog. And then, after the first day of school, I didn't want to speak anything but English. "
Reggie Lee
Opportunity
Day
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" '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
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" My favorite memories were with my dad, throwing a football around when he came home from work. As long as kids are having fun, that's the biggest deal at the end of the day. "
Andrew Luck
Home
Football
Work
" 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
Think
Normal
" One of the first movies my dad took me to see was the original 'Road Warrior.' And I was kind of raised on the action movies of that era: 'The Terminator' and 'Die Hard' and, of course, all of the 'Star Wars' movies. "
Aisha Tyler
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" I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled. "
Julian Casablancas
Me
Good
Feel
" And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet. "
Jackson Browne
Perfect
Play
Thought
" Who's my hero? That's a great question... Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he's someone I look up to every day. "
Tom Brady
Great
Day
Look
" I learned a lot about filmmaking from my dad. Starting when I was a child, I would listen to my dad as an actor, writer, director and producer talking about films - you know what the treatment would be in the opening, in the middle, and in the ending. "
Grace Poe
Filmmaking
You
Child
" When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster. "
Kirby Smart
Like
Know
Your
" I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home. "
Lou Doillon
Hair
Hate
Home
" Every once in a while, we'd ask my dad if we could get a ride in one of these planes. And, he did take us to the flying club and get us a ride in the Pushpak and a glider that the flying club had. "
Kalpana Chawla
Ask
Club
Flying
" 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. "
Jim Gaffigan
Parenting
Personality
Wife
" The records in the house I really remember were, well, Glen Campbell's 'Wichita Lineman' and 'Galveston.' Even as a kid, I knew these songs were glorious. My dad also had records by Merle Haggard, Charley Pride, Waylon Jennings, and then there was also the Eagles and Don Henley. Anything Texas, which includes Don Henley, was big. "
Keith Urban
Pride
Big
House
" My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law you see great people on their worst behavior. "
Laura Wasser
Law
You
People
" At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some guy's dad; I'm some little gal's dad. When I die, if they say I was Annie's husband and Zachary John and Anna Kate's father, boy, that's enough for me to be remembered by. That's more than enough. "
John Denver
Husband
Me
Father
" My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments. "
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Army
Me
Life
" I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it. "
Bear Grylls
Space
Remember
Freedom
" I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have to open four restaurants! "
Buddy Valastro
Daughter
Restaurant
Open
" I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad! "
David Bowie
Me
I Am
Makeup
" If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. I can joke about it now because I'm past that stage where it used to hurt. By having a kid, it's gone. I could take all that negative energy that I had and put it in a positive way. "
Derrick Rose
Hurt
Past
Positive
" My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools. "
Ronnie Corbett
Work
Children
Pet
" 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
" According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life. "
Questlove
Traveled
Two
Life
" I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good. "
Mark Viduka
Humble
Know
You
" My dad wouldn't buy me tight pants. I had to get my own money to buy them. "
Young Thug
Me
Buy
Money
" My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. "
John F. Kennedy
Want
Government
Brother
" I had old bunk beds that my dad got from Seabrook Farms. They were first used by German prisoners during World War II, who were sent to work the farms during the war. The metal beds with their thin mattresses could easily be used as a jungle gym and I loved them. "
David Mixner
Gym
Work
World
" My music relies solely on the feeling. Just the feeling. "
Sam Smith
Feeling
Solely
Music
" I was with All Pro Dad, and I was coaching. People recognized me as a coach. They might see my face and say, 'What's going on there, is that something with the Colts or the Buccaneers?' Then they realize, 'This is something with my kids; let me explore.' So I think that helped, that name recognition. "
Tony Dungy
People
Think
Face