1,617 Quotes About Dad


  • Author Jim Carrey
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    The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern - just like my dad How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That is all you have to figure out The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is. Because everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart. And all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

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  • Author Jim Cashmer
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    We also want families to feel welcome. If mom and dad want to come out and shoot a game of pool without going to a bar, we hope the have the location.

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  • Author Jim Crace
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    My dad didn't have a formal education, but he had a wonderful vocabulary. So in 'Harvest,' I wanted my main character to be an innately intelligent man who would have the vocabulary to say whatever he wanted in the same way as lots of working-class people can.

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  • Author Joan Cusack
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    I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.

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  • Author Joan Cusack
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    My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.

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  • Author Joe Cocker
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    I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.

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  • Author John Cherne
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    He has been due for a long time. He hadn't been hitting those jumpers for awhile, but he and his dad shot a lot in the old gym yesterday. Maybe he's working his way out of a shooting slump. It's all a matter of confidence.

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