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I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and thats how it started. – Gary Numan

My dad is like a cactus – introverted and tough. Im a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. Hes my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me. – Gary Vaynerchuk

Im concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money its the worst day of your life. – Gary Vaynerchuk

You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If youre an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party… My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other. – Gary Vaynerchuk

My hat was pulled down and this girl said Are you really him? I whispered Yeah, Im really him. She screamed, Mom! Dad! Its Heath Ledger! – Josh Hartnett

My dad works in child protection and hes spent many, many years in that line of work. – Chris Hemsworth

At one point my dad called me and said, You have always been a great salesman. I think its time you come home and sell swimming pools. – Courteney Cox

You know, my mothers beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up. – Courteney Cox

I mean, my dads a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasnt exactly what I wanted to do. – J. J. Abrams

Its a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and then you have all the amateur psychology that goes on when people try to speculate about motivations. – Jeb Bush

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. Theyd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh. – Dominic Monaghan

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Downs Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming. – Christopher Eccleston

When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as Ive gone on. I certainly dont feel I need his approval, although maybe thats because Im confident that Ive got it. – Paul Theroux

It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, Every kid doesnt have snow in their backyard on Christmas? – Tori Spelling

Id like to play Matt Damons daddy. Hes a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and Id like to play his dad one day. – Larry Hagman

Its just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job. – Tony Dungy

My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But its definitely tough getting through. – Pamela Anderson

My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. Hed often come out with this stuff. – Mike Myers

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other peoples opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will. – Ruben Studdard

I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last 60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings. – Rainn Wilson