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" When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed. "
Lou Brock
Bed
Kid
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" My mom is a white Jewish lady, and my dad is black. The cultures never seemed separate - I had a lot of mixed friends. When I was young, I identified with being Jewish, but I embraced my dad's side, too. "
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White
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" My mother's dad dropped out of the eighth grade to work. He had to. By the time he was 30, he was a master electrician, plumber, carpenter, mason, mechanic. That guy was, to me, a magician. Anything that was broken, he could fix. Anybody anywhere in our community knew that if there was a problem, Carl was there to fix it. "
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" When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know. "
Al Roker
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" 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
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Work
Good
" My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye. "
Dani Shapiro
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" I do need to explore my faith, because it has got lost over the years and it has been kind of tainted through experience. But I also know it's enriched my life, my dad being a Catholic. "
Johnny Vegas
Life
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Know
" 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
" My dad turned me onto Peter Sellers as a kid. I loved the fact that he was a unique combination of being extremely subtle and over-the-top all at the same time, and that's a hard thing to do. I admire that. "
Will Ferrell
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" I just wish I could understand my father. "
Michael Jackson
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" Undoubtedly, church fish fries and picnics help build social cohesion. It was at my dad's medium-size evangelical church - my first real exposure to a sustained religious community - that I first saw people of different races and classes worshiping together. "
J. D. Vance
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Fish
Help
" Everybody wanna be a super dad and the best dad ever, but sometimes, I'm just realizing that I'm not perfect. "
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Sometimes
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" My dad wouldn't buy me tight pants. I had to get my own money to buy them. "
Young Thug
Me
Buy
Money
" I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country. "
Eric Swalwell
Culture
Support
Respect
" My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did. "
Phil McGraw
You
Say
Worry
" When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to. "
Zoe Kravitz
You
Style
Los Angeles
" I go back five generations in Jamaica. My dad grew up in Port Royal, and my mom grew up in Kingston. My family is from the country like West Moreland and also in Manchester. I've been there countless times. As far as cuisine, there's not really much that comes out of Jamaica that's on a plate that I don't like. "
Dule Hill
Go
Royal
Mom
" I love being a dad. I just love it. "
Jerry Seinfeld
Love
Just
I Love
" 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. "
Steven Gerrard
Always
Building
Things
" My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes. "
Raf Simons
Two
About
Ever
" My dad's wife, my stepmom, is a serious painter. My dad also paints. My mother is a brilliant sculptor, and her husband is a sculptor. "
Peter Heller
Mother
Her
Husband
" I was built up from my dad more than anyone else. "
John Wooden
Up
More
Else
" You realise that there's nothing more endearing than people who are desperately trying to be liked or trying to be the hero, you know? Who also probably just need a hug or want to impress their dad? "
Taika Waititi
Know
People
Hero
" I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'. "
Kim Kardashian
Me
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You
" My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going. "
Big Sean
Family
Life
Man
" There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don't think I'd have a place to stay. "
Nick Saban
Team
Me
Home
" The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Scary
You
Fear
" Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God. "
Joyce Meyer
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" My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude. "
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Motorcycle
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" I said, 'Ooh, Dad, I want the yellow ones.' He said, 'Where?' I said, 'Right there, Dad. I want the yellow ones.' Everybody goes, 'Those are green'. That's how I knew I was colorblind. "
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" When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover. "
Paris Hilton
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