- People
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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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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad always made sense. My dad was only wrong when I didn't understand him. Had I listened to him, my life would have been so much easier.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm compared to my dad all the time, and I've learned to take it positively by working hard.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was a housewife and a sponge, who would absorb everything and make it all look like a fairytale when he entered the house. For instance, when he came home, I would always be seen studying with my books open. She always made sure that Dad went back to the shoot happily.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was more tensed than I was a day before the release. Having learned that 'Bruce Lee' has released to the highest openings in my career, he has settled down.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing for my dad does drive me on. Especially in big games, massive games.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's not working, my dad doesn't want to stop working because he likes to be engrossed, so everybody is happy.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on time is a practice I imbibed from my dad. He would be ready with make-up on at least three hours ahead of schedule.
- First-Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad lost his hearing in the last 18 months of his life, and as a result, I witnessed first-hand the effect that this can have on a family.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was actually born in L.A. My sisters and I were playing in a parking lot, and my dad was like, 'Nah, nah, nah. Let's go give 'em some grass.'
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020