- 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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- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was living with my dad, and I loved it. But I could totally imagine that if I didn't move out quickly, I would end up staying there well into my 30s.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad used to be a Greco-Roman wrestler, and he was Norwegian champion six years on the bounce from 1966 to 1971. But I never saw him wrestle. I've only read the clippings.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a civil servant before he retired, and my mum worked, too. We could not always get three meals in a day; sometimes we'd struggle.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad actually taught me how to play piano. I was classically trained, but I've started to branch off a little bit into blues and jazz. That's my new thing.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was in the Indian Army. He died in a terrorist attack in Kashmir in 1994. After that, my mum and I settled in Noida. I went to Delhi Public School in Noida and then to Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi University. It was in college that I realised I wanted to be on the stage and in front of the camera.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take almost no notes when I write. I have one notebook - this old green leather notebook that my dad gave me a decade ago.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020