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My dad really wanted to be in the Hall Of Fame, and it was something we talked about a lot.
Natalya Neidhart
About
Something
Talked
Hall
Lot
Fame
Wanted
Really
Dad
I was lucky to be my dad's daughter, and I'm forever grateful to have Jann Arden as a strong role model in my life.
Natalya Neidhart
Life
Grateful
Strong
My Life
Daughter
Forever
Model
Role
Role Model
Lucky
Dad
My dad meant so much to myself and the entire family.
Natalya Neidhart
Myself
Family
Entire
Much
Meant
Dad
Growing up, I had no idea just how hard my dad worked to make it all work.
Natalya Neidhart
Work
No Idea
Had
Idea
Make
How
Up
Just
Worked
Hard
Dad
Growing
Growing Up
I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.
Natasha Richardson
Me
Director
Father
Too
Incredibly
Way
Definitely
Area
Share
He
She
Always
Am
Were
His
Loss
Lot
Huge
Close
Did
Just
Personally
Meant
Dad
Professionally
Believed
Mum
I would just take dolls around the house - there's old VHS footage from my dad, who was an early adapter and had this RCA camera - and it's me taking a Michael Jackson Barbie doll and putting on a show with that.
Natasha Rothwell
Me
Old
Would
Take
Footage
Had
Taking
Putting
House
Around
Doll
Camera
Dolls
Michael
Michael Jackson
Jackson
Just
Barbie
Show
Who
Dad
Early
My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this.
Nate Ruess
Me
First
Kid
Bruce
Bruce Springsteen
Tour
Fell
Concert
Doing
Springsteen
Middle
Asleep
Reason
Dad
Why
Second
Dragged
I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument.
Nate Ruess
Family
Uncle
Musical
Broadway
Kind
Find
Somewhat
Had
He
Annoying
Instrument
Instruments
Knows
Although
Does
Always
How
Came
Dad
Play
II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, so I know what that's like to grow up in a culture that's not your own.
Nathalie Kelley
Culture
Own
Like
Know
South
Up
Australia
American
Grew
Your
Dad
Grow
Grow Up
Originally
I don't like asking people for things, so if I can do it myself, that's the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person, so I had a strong sense of independence.
Nathan Blecharczyk
Myself
Do-It-Yourself
People
Strong
Independence
Sense
Mindset
Kind
Strong Sense
Had
Like
Very
Person
Much
Asking
Dad
Things
I've been sailing from the age of 2, and apparently, when I was 4, I told my dad, 'I know how to do this; you don't have to come with me anymore.'
Nathan Outteridge
Me
You
Age
Come
Know
How
Sailing
Been
Anymore
Apparently
Dad
After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Library
Year
Brown
Like
Duke
American
Want
After
Literature
American Literature
English
Dad
Professor
Jesus
Program
Pulled
They were both academics, but my dad had to get a job on the railway, and my mum had to get a job in the Post Office. It was pretty hard in terms of the racism they had to endure.
Naveen Andrews
Racism
Post
Job
Post Office
Pretty
Both
Had
Academics
Terms
Were
Office
Get
Endure
Hard
Dad
Mum
Railway
The entertainment industry isn't a line of work encouraged in the Persian culture. When I called my dad to say I wanted to quit medicine, there was about three minutes of silence. I'm not sure he knew what to do with himself!
Nazanin Boniadi
Work
Silence
Entertainment
Culture
Three
Medicine
Say
Entertainment Industry
Minutes
About
He
Knew
Himself
Industry
Sure
Line
Encouraged
Persian
Quit
Wanted
Dad
Volunteer service is Dad's true north.
Neil Bush
Service
Volunteer
True
North
Dad
For Dad, service took him many unexpected places. It summoned him and his crew mates to the skies over the Pacific Ocean in World War II. It took him to Capitol Hill, Beijing and eventually the Oval Office.
Neil Bush
Service
War
World
Ocean
Crew
Took
Summoned
Oval
Oval Office
Over
Hill
Him
Mates
His
Office
Unexpected
Beijing
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Places
Skies
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Many
Dad
Eventually
World War
World War II
My dad's career in politics, along with that of my grandfather, Prescott Bush, taught us that good people motivated by helping others can jump into the political fray and make a positive difference.
Neil Bush
Positive
Politics
Good
People
Political
Good People
Others
Along
Make
Motivated
Jump
Taught
Difference
Bush
Grandfather
Us
Helping
Dad
Career
It's an important lesson Dad instilled in me, the idea that we have the freedom to serve, and that the choice to serve can define the type of life you live.
Neil Bush
Life
Freedom
Me
You
Important
Live
Lesson
Type
Define
Idea
Instilled
Important Lesson
Choice
Dad
Serve
My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.
Neil Cavuto
People
Big
He
Well
Himself
Big Believer
Oftentimes
Even
Dad
Believer
Treating
Roman history was kind of unavoidable where I was growing up. It was everywhere - all the place names and ruins and forts. My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30ft high stone wall to keep it out?
Neil Marshall
Time
History
Long
Ruins
Everywhere
Spent
Out
Kind
High
Unavoidable
Idea
Names
Buff
Became
Terrifying
Built
Lot
Up
Wall
Stone
Roman
Where
Romans
Place
Fascinated
Dad
Growing
Keep
Growing Up
My dad's a history buff, and I spent a lot of time on Hadrian's Wall. I became fascinated by the idea of what was so terrifying up there that the Romans built a 60-mile long, 30-ft-high stone wall to keep it out.
Neil Marshall
Time
History
Long
Spent
Out
Idea
Buff
Became
Terrifying
Built
Lot
Up
Wall
Stone
Romans
Fascinated
Dad
Keep
My dad died 11 years ago, I don't see much of my brothers, and I rarely speak to my mum. I don't hold a grudge, but being separated in those early years clearly had an impact. Our relationship didn't develop as it ought to.
Neil Morrissey
Relationship
Speak
Early Years
Ought
Our
Those
See
Impact
Rarely
Brothers
Develop
Had
Clearly
Years
Years Ago
Died
Being
Hold
Much
Separated
Dad
Mum
Grudge
Early
I think all family businesses are difficult and fraught with problems because you have that family relationship to get over. But my dad has been so supportive, we've managed to work around that.
Nell Newman
Work
Family
Relationship
You
Problems
Difficult
Think
Has-Been
Fraught
Over
Supportive
Because
Around
Been
Get
Businesses
Dad
My dad hates doing PR, so I volunteered to do this for him.
Nell Newman
Hates
Volunteered
Him
Doing
Dad
I grew up shopping from farm stands. Dad taught me how to smell a good cantaloupe and thump a watermelon for ripeness.
Nell Newman
Good
Me
Shopping
Smell
Farm
How
Up
Taught
Grew
Stands
Dad
My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.
Neymar
Myself
Me
Focus
Ball
Just
Wants
Dedicate
Dad
Playing
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