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In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel Ive been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me. – Katherine Jenkins

Ive never tried to find my real parents. Im very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me – theyre completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything. – Dan Stevens

My dad is the nicest guy youll ever meet, and the easiest going. – Serena Williams

When youre shooting a film, you really dont get to be a dad, and you dont really get to be a husband. You dont really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can. – Eric Bana

I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, Bring back the spikes, Dad. – Eric Bana

My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people hed met when I came out to him were corpses. – Dan Savage

But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what its like to internalize all that chaos. – Dave Eggers

My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didnt stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didnt have his blood. – Beth Ditto

If my Dad doesnt like you, you will know. My Mom is just too innocent to ever lie. She doesnt even cuss. – Channing Tatum

My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. Ive always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. Thats my dad. – Jane Pauley

I am quite strict as a dad but I dont want to be censorious. – Nick Clegg

My dads side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. Theres an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. Its very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. Its very warm, its very up, its very down. I would celebrate that. – Nick Clegg

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I dont think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school. – Nick Clegg

My dad is such a good man. You know how when you are a child you think your dad is invincible? Well, I still think that – he is so wise and everything I do I ask my dads advice about first. – Leona Lewis

I feel like Ive lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me. – Leona Lewis

I watched Italia 90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on… It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact. – Steven Gerrard

Im not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who Im very close to. – Damian Lewis

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish Id inherited his care for money. Sadly, Ive grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances. – Gary Numan

Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dads way: you got a job and paid your way. – Gary Numan

I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. Hes adopted, though were still blood related – hes my cousin. My parents couldnt have any more children after me, so when Dads brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby. – Gary Numan