- Immigrant
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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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- Four
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had grown up going to Celtic Park with Mum, Dad, and my brother. We had four season tickets.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always appreciated my dad coming outside and playing with us - or my mom - and being a part of the game we were playing or refereeing it or just being outside. That was fun for us, and it was very encouraging.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.'
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my own life, my parents divorced when I was young. I lived with my dad, not with my mum, after they got divorced. And it's been part of my life.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent loads of time in Scotland as a kid. My dad would take us back up to Aberdeen loads, and I have very fond memories of getting chips from his favourite chippy and heading down to the beach to eat Baskin Robbins ice cream.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn't really aware that he was a writer; I didn't start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he's still one of my favorite writers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad couldn't train me. He was too high-strung, like, 'Throw your jab!' and I'd start crying.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad grew up really poor in Mississippi. I paid attention to that because I thought that's a healthier thing to pay attention to than, like, some statue of a great-great-great grandfather who has no connection to my life.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my mom and dad both wanted to get across to me that... I obviously grew up with great privilege and was very lucky and was able to afford college and not have student loans, and they would pay for college, but beyond that, it would be up to me to make a living.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always inundated with music, whether it be my mother's favorites like Fleetwood Mac and Carole King and the Carpenters, or my dad's jazz music.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.
- His
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- Nov 07, 2020