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" When I was 12, my feet were so small, I wore my sisters' glitter shoes. My dad would whoop me: 'You're not going to school now, you'll embarrass us!' "
Young Thug
Feet
Me
You
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" I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage. "
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" Nowadays, if you have a mustache, people look at you like you're crazy. But when I was growing up, I never saw my dad without a mustache. "
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" 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. "
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" I was living out of my truck for a short while. My dad wanted to emancipate me at 16 and send me to music college. "
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" I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry. "
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" I remember being, like, 5 years old, and my dad took me to a Yankees-Mets game. My dad had me on his shoulders and taught me one of the most important lessons about sports. He said, 'Jesse, just remember one thing, the Mets suck.' "
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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. "
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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
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Work
" Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy. "
Billy Crystal
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" My father has a manufacturing company in Kentucky, and he's an electrical engineer. A brilliant man. A brilliant businessman. So he understands the business aspects of my business very well. My dad and I always communicate when I have to negotiate a deal. "
Laura Bell Bundy
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" My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.' "
Joe Biden
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" My dad has always been very proud of me but I think I have exceeded his expectations. When I told him I wanted to be an actor and moved to New York City, I think he assumed I would be playing the guitar on the subway and collecting spare change in my guitar case. The fact that I'm not doing that means that I'm a huge success. "
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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" People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a loveable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films. "
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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. "
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" I've been singing since I could talk, pretty much. My dad was really musical and taught me how to sing harmonies and got me a karaoke machine with tape decks. "
Bonnie McKee
Sing
Karaoke
Me
" All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it. "
John Mulaney
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Money
Me
" I wanted my dad to be proud of me, and I fell into acting because there wasn't anything else I could do, and in it I found a discipline that I wanted to keep coming back to, that I love and I learn about every day. "
Tom Hardy
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Day
Love
" I have my dad's shape. No booty. "
Queen Latifah
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" I think the most fun part about working on 'Good Luck Charlie' is spending time with everyone, honestly, because everybody on set is like my brother and sister and mom and dad. They're so fun to be around, so that's probably the best part about working there. "
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" My dad wanted me to play football so bad, he took me to Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta because they were number one. They never lost. "
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" 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
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" I like eating the right way, doing things the right way. I never had to have my dad come and say, 'Hey, you have to get back to the gym' or, 'Hey, you're eating wrong.' "
Bryce Harper
You
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" I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser. "
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" I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring. "
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" The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important. "
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" Football was really my least favorite sport and the last sport that I ended up picking up as a kid. My dad started me off with baseball, which most kids did at that time. I really enjoyed basketball. That was my favorite sport. "
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" Wherever you're from, you adapt to your environment. It definitely made my music a little bit more explicit. Because I really was in North Philly, I listened to State Property and stuff. Everything my dad listened to, I listened to. "
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" I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.' "
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" A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child's becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult. "
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