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My dad was a janitor for U.S. Radium Corporation, and he stayed there for 37 years. So he didn't read.
I remember watching the Olympics at home as a kid. It was one my Dad's dreams to win an Olympic medal.
Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.
So he enjoys a girl who stands up to him," Dad said once we all calmed down. "I like him more already.
When you get older your dad becomes this other man rather than a scary man, and you have a friendship.
My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.
I wonder if we have a lot of sons running around saying, "I want a Dad." But you won't abide in anyone.
I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.
If I'm going for advice for anything in my life, I go straight to my father because he has the answers.
My dad [...] sent me a text saying, 'You know who you should play? Columbo. That's your Academy Award.'
My dad was a movie star. Having that name was good and bad. People think it's a silver spoon. It's not.
One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.
So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.
I didn't want to be a deadbeat dad, so I said, 'OK, my mission is to provide for my son in the future,'
My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.
Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.
I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.
My dad used to have to open the second bottle of wine in the loo in case Mum heard the cork coming out.
Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.
The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.
It was a conversation that I didn't want to have with my parents to say mom and dad I missed my flight.
You might be a redneck if on your first date you had to ask your Dad to borrow the keys to the tractor.
In reality, if he had lived, I would have had a dad. And that would have been an incredible experience.
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
Dad was supportive, intelligent, read to me as a kid, left me a trillion dollars. It's hard to complain.
My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.
I want to be a young dad. By 25 or 26 I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family.
It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.
I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.
You killed my Dad." Any trace of kindness or sympathy vanished from Rixon's eyes. "Well this is awkward.
My dad always told me: 'Stop and look back and appreciate what you've done; stop and smell the flowers.'
My dad turned me onto Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who, but Madonna and pop music came from my mom.
You know the drill. 18 is legal. 17 with consent. 16 with a note. 15 if her dad's in the room. Low five!
We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.
No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke
My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we're purebred New Yorkers.
I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts.
For all my proclivities for thuggery, I am a typical middle-class dad. I'm a gangsta rap suburban father!
My mom's actually a Buddhist. My dad's a Christian and he was a Muslim, but he converted to Christianity.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Fighting Dad's not a fight. Fighting dad is, "Hi, you've just instigated your own mugging! Come on down!"
Denial is a powerful weapon. My dad taught me mind over matter. No matter how hurt I got, he didn't mind.
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.
I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.
We need our Dads right now, we need strong fathers. I really want fathers to get close to their children.
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.