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Father Quotes

"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."

"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."

Austin O'Malley, American Physicist

Father, Man, Misfortune

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"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Father, Dad, Family, School

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"Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol."

"Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Father, Symbol, Word

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"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"

Sam Levenson, American Author

Father, Birthday, Son, End

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"My father taught me how to substitute realities."

"My father taught me how to substitute realities."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

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"Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish."

"Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish."

Janet Suzman, South African Actress

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"My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly."

"My dad loved to laugh. He was very funny and very silly."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

Father, Dad, Funny, Silly

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"Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along."

"Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

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"I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up."

"I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up."

William Petersen, American Actor

Father, Dad, Challenge, Play, Want

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"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive."

"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

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"Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill."

"Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill."

Michael Reagan, American Host

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"Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad."

"Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad."

Kurtwood Smith, American Actor

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"I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much."

"I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

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"My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night."

"My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night."

Brion James, American Actor

Father, Dad, Night, Theater

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"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."

"Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage."

Judy Davis, Australian Actress

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"You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son."

"You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son."

Michael Reagan, American Host

Father, Dad, Son, Name

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"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

Ismail Merchant, Indian Producer

Father, HusbDaughter, Friend

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"But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20."

"But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Father, Dad, Conflict, Vietnam

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"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."

"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."

Donald Johanson, American Scientist

Father, Chicago, Old, Years

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"I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office."

"I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Father, Dad, Work, Age, Man

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"Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth."

"Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Father, Brother, Months

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"I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct."

"I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

Father, Mistake, Hope, Old

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"He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies."

"He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies."

Ben E. King, American Musician

Father, Dad, Manager, Talent, Kids

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"I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything."

"I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything."

Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

Father, Dad, Music, Artist, Freedom

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"I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad."

"I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Father, Dad, Living, Want

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"My father was gone when I was three years old."

"My father was gone when I was three years old."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Father, Old, Years

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"When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs."

"When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Father, Christmas, Guidance, Old

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"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Father, Dad, Knowledge

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"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."

"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

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"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Father, Acting, Career, Day

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"For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad."

"For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

Father, Dad, Famous, Growing up

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"My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house."

"My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

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"My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better."

"My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

Father, People, May, Sleep

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"The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is an amazing storyteller and one of the tales that he tells is how he met his wife."

"The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is an amazing storyteller and one of the tales that he tells is how he met his wife."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

Father, Wife, Son

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"Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out."

"Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

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"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."

"It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody."

Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant

Father, Mistake, Acting, France

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"Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen."

"Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen."

Kid Rock, American Musician

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"I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!'"

"I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!'"

Emo Philips, American Comedian

Father, Girlfriend

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"To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin."

"To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin."

Michael Beschloss, American Historian

Father, People, Assassination, Will

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"My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons."

"My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

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"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."

"I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father."

Annette Funicello, American Actress

Father, Thought, Disney

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"And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process."

"And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

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"I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories."

"I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

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"My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general."

"My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general."

Robert Duvall, American Actor

Father, People, Play

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"The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me."

"The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me."

Katie Price, english Model

Father, Dad, Trust

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"There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then."

"There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then."

Steve Irwin, Australian Scientist

Father, Dad, Instinct, Research

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"My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician."

"My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy's dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren't taken with the fact our dad was a musician."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Father, Dad, Fact

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"Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin."

"Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

Father, Dad, Family, Brother, People

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"I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress."

"I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress."

Laura Linney, American Actress

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"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."

"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

Father, Dad, Integrity, Man, Remarkable

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