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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad Quotes
The small stuff you inherit.
These dad quotes lean into small, specific memories — watching Monty Python over dinner, catching yourself sounding just like him mid-sentence, or joking that most of your audience is really just your father. For humor along the same lines, see our Jokes page.
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- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's from Barbados, but I lived with my mum. She brought me up; my uncle took me to the football. I grew up in a white family, I'd say.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always shout out my dad. My artistic roots come from him. He had his own T-shirt company and taught me the trade.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I assisted on a lot of films outside my dad's company. I only did two of his films.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very fortunate in that my parents are artists. My mom is a brilliant poet... She still is a great visual artist. My dad is a jazz drummer... I've been very fortunate in that I've had parents who supported and encouraged me and haven't really questioned what I'm doing or asked me to question it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad would always play Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Anita Baker, so I fell in love with them. I would try to make my voice sound like theirs.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mum was a dancer when she was a kid. Then my parents met and eventually had an art gallery; my dad taught himself how to frame pictures, and then he was a curator at an art gallery in the city I'm from. I'm an only child.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's great. He's my biggest supporter. He's always told me that whatever I choose to do, I can do it. I just gotta put my mind to it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to push me in a direction where that energy was used appropriately to keep me out of trouble and focused while I was in school.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020