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  • Robert Griffin III on dad

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    “You always give credit where credit is due – to high school coaches, college coaches – but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all

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  • Tom Hooper on dad

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    “I feel connected to the Second World War because my father lost his father in that war. So, through my dad and the effect it had on him of losing his father young, I always felt connected to the war. It goes back years, but it still feels to me as if we’re completely living

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  • Zach Braff on dad

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    “As a kid who wasn’t into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood,

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  • Nia Vardalos on dad

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    “When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn’t want to see the magic.” -Nia Vardalos

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  • Amber Heard on dad

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    “I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and took care of cars and my dad’s a big car nut, so I learned a little bit about cars – how to love them, most importantly. I think that from the time I

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  • Kylie Minogue on dad

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    “The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I’ve got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I’m getting on a plane.” -Kylie Minogue

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  • Shay Mitchell on dad

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    “I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.” -Shay Mitchell

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  • Nate Ruess on dad

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    “I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.” -Nate Ruess

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  • Norman Lear on dad

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    “But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that’s not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.” -Norman

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  • Jenson Button on dad

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    “The only time I think about life beyond F1 is when I contemplate becoming a dad. But there’s no way that’s going to happen while I’m still racing. To be successful in F1 you need to be very selfish in lots of ways and you’re away from home for long periods. That’s not the kind

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  • Dimebag Darrell on dad

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    “The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.” -Dimebag Darrell

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  • Ryan Lochte on dad

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    “My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, ‘You can become an Olympic champion.’ And that’s the first time that I’d heard someone else say that to me. I was like, ‘Uh, are you talking to me?’” -Ryan Lochte

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  • Samuel L. Jackson on dad

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    “My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter’s life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years.” -Samuel L. Jackson

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  • Gillian Anderson on dad

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    “In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don’t think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.” -Gillian Anderson

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  • Josh McDowell on dad

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    “Every kid needs to say, ‘I want what my mom and dad have.’” -Josh McDowell

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  • Thierry Henry on dad

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    “It was tough at the time but when I was younger, my Dad. I would say my Dad, because without him I wouldn’t have been here. I mean it was tough for me because he was really demanding. With him, it was never enough, you know, anything I did was never enough.” -Thierry Henry

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  • Bill Nighy on dad

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    “My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.” -Bill Nighy

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  • Dave Mustaine on dad

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    “I was always the new kid in school, I’m the kid from a broken family, I’m the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I’m the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.” -Dave Mustaine

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  • Andy Serkis on dad

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    “I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad’s sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation.” -Andy Serkis

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  • David Mitchell on dad

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    “I’ve become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave.” -David Mitchell

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  • Mike Singletary on dad

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    “If a dad does his job, we don’t need prisons, we don’t need jails. That’s what I saw growing up.” -Mike Singletary

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  • Yani Tseng on dad

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    “When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125.” -Yani Tseng

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  • Ernie Harwell on dad

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    “I have great faith that Heaven’s there and I’ll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there.” -Ernie Harwell

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  • Anne M. Mulcahy on dad

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    “My dad was an editor and a writer, and that’s actually what I aspired to be.” -Anne M. Mulcahy

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  • Carre Otis on dad

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    “I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.” -Carre Otis

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