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Dakota Fanning on dad
Author: Dakota Fanning“My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it’s Hannah Dakota Fanning.” -Dakota Fanning
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Arne Duncan on dad
Author: Arne Duncan“There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.” -Arne Duncan
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Ed Miliband on dad
Author: Ed Miliband“I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn’t believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.” -Ed Miliband
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Ashley Scott on dad
Author: Ashley Scott“We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything.” -Ashley Scott
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Luke Bryan on dad
Author: Luke Bryan“My dad is very successful in his business. He’s always been big in having hobbies and having little ways to get away. He always made time for hunting and fishing. He always encouraged me to do it.” -Luke Bryan
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Poppy Z. Brite on dad
Author: Poppy Z. Brite“My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery – which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.” -Poppy Z. Brite
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Bob Balaban on dad
Author: Bob Balaban“My dad was born in Chicago in 1908… his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children – in the backroom all together – and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.” -Bob Balaban
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Nancy Sinatra on dad
Author: Nancy Sinatra“I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn’t have a chance to be with him very often.” -Nancy Sinatra
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson on dad
Author: Jesse Tyler Ferguson“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
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Jake Owen on dad
Author: Jake Owen“I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley. So I kept going to class and started getting totally into playing guitar and teaching myself these songs.” -Jake Owen
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Eleanor Mondale on dad
Author: Eleanor Mondale“I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud… that was pretty cool.” -Eleanor Mondale
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David Hyde Pierce on dad
Author: David Hyde Pierce“I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible… but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game.” -David Hyde Pierce
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Dean Norris on dad
Author: Dean Norris“My dad’s era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy – the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.” -Dean Norris
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Dido Armstrong on dad
Author: Dido Armstrong“I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn’t have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.” -Dido Armstrong
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Glenn Frey on dad
Author: Glenn Frey“I’m just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.” -Glenn Frey
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Emily VanCamp on dad
Author: Emily VanCamp“I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they’re immediately wanting to be a parent or not.” -Emily VanCamp
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Harry Reid on dad
Author: Harry Reid“I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values – even if they rarely talked about them.” -Harry Reid
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Aravind Adiga on dad
Author: Aravind Adiga“Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly ‘clean’ politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.”
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Patrick Duffy on dad
Author: Patrick Duffy“I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.” -Patrick Duffy
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William Petersen on dad
Author: William Petersen“I didn’t want to play a lawyer. I didn’t want to play a doctor. I didn’t want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.” -William Petersen
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Zosia Mamet on dad
Author: Zosia Mamet“But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I’d never find a man. What’s very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I’ve ever met. He’s a great man and a
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Oliver Hudson on dad
Author: Oliver Hudson“I want babies. I think I’ll be a great dad.” -Oliver Hudson
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Rip Torn on dad
Author: Rip Torn“When I grew up, people said, ‘You’ll never be the man your dad was.’ And I said, ‘Gee, I hope not.’” -Rip Torn
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David Alan Grier on dad
Author: David Alan Grier“When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad’s limp – my dad was my hero – but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.” -David Alan Grier
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Mel Gibson on dad
Author: Mel Gibson“But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn’t be drafted until we were 20.” -Mel Gibson