- Mom
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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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- Prairie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Dallas, and my dad works for IBM, so I grew up in the environment of Silicon Prairie.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember watching my dad work on PCs, and I remember using Texas Instrument calculators in school. It was a bit nostalgic.
- Technology
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad never took himself too seriously. He always treated everyone with respect, and he made sure I was like that, too. I show up, I hit my mark, and I say my lines.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because my dad is Clint Eastwood doesn't mean I don't have to work for a living.
- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a dad.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was in record promotion in Los Angeles. He worked for Mercury Records, Capitol Records, and RCA Records. My parents divorced when I was about 9. In 1978, my dad moved to Nashville and opened an independent record promotion company, Mike Borchetta Promotions.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were about 30 children at one stage, running around like savages at a place called Callow Hill, near Monmouth, which was owned by my grandparents. They lived in the big house, but my dad had five brothers and a sister, and they all lived in various houses scattered on the hill.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governor Pawlenty has the same conservative convictions and executive experience I admire in my dad.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm absolutely my dad's biggest fan, and anything he wanted to do, I wanted to be a part of.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020