Tiny little bloke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser if he annoyed me. Used ter make him laugh...
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Related It was a great challenge for me. I just tried to come out and play him as tough as I could. I was de... DUSTIN SALISBERY My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six ... NATALIE MORALES I could feel Carl catching me. I decided with six laps to go that the best way was to rest a little ... CHAD HEDRICK My dad used to design cars, boats and vans, ... I would sit next to him from the time I was 3 and co... CHIP FOOSE I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else.... FRED PERRY I was waiting to shoot something a little later, because I didn't think I could hold him down. I was... DUSTIN PINE I was just trying to catch him. He had a little bit of a step on me. I just waited for him to bring ... COLBY ARMSTRONG My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'... RAFE SPALL I was just turned last week. I'm a librarian." He stilled, as if I'd just told him I was the in... MOLLY HARPER I think Luke's got as good a chance as anybody up there. If he wrestles within himself, he could be ... ANDY WEISS I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Lit... PRIYANKA CHOPRA I had told him I was searching for my keys, that's what had taken me so long in the car, and I squee... MITCH ALBOM I told our coaches in the huddle to put me on him and I'll make sure it doesn't happen again. There ... DAVE HUGHES Midway down the backside I nudged him a little and thought I'd give him a little encouragement and h... SHAUN BRIDGMOHAN My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... TRACY MORGAN The game was over because my dad had died and I didn't have to fight him anymore, ... I could go bac... MARK STEVENS I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms ar... JODI PICOULT I asked him if it bothered him that I don't like baseball. He used to laugh, 'cause I'd say I'd stra... JODI OLSON Honestly, when I was a little girl, I would watch wrestling with my brother, like, all the time. The... DANA DAVIS I was riding him and he kind of faced me a little bit. He grabbed my leg and tried to roll over, but... KYLE REILLY I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing t... MONICA SELES When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated... DAVID ALAN GRIER I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or ... JAMES JOYCE I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him... JERRY SLOAN When I was young, I was the kid who would call my dad from a slumber party to beg him to come pick m... KENDALL JENNER My dad was a voracious news consumer. I remember just sitting with my family all the time. I would s... DANA PERINO I just told him to top that, if he could. CHRIS BARCLAY Something just told me to put up $2,500. So I put up $2,500 bail for Ibrahim, ... The thing that imp... BRUCE HILL I thought he was OK, but he stopped breathing and they had to put him on a respirator. When I was ab... CODY COLVIN He got me started in the game and I know he wanted me to play. There's more pressure on me this week... WOODY AUSTIN My wife and I were so protective of him because of the acquittal, ... I was always on top of him. Th... CARLOS DIAZ When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that... ROSA PARKS Then I was just trying to make my way back up. I got Andretti going into three. I got a good run on ... BOBBY RAHAL Here was this little guy, with stitches and all the trauma I put him through, doing this to me. It w... DR. VITTORIO COLLETTI I just put it up for him and let him make a play. He's a great athlete, and I knew he was going to c... BILL MEYER I did an imitation of him to make the crew laugh. To my shock, there was Cary Grant behind me. He go... SHIRLEY TEMPLE When I first came in and was watching him dive, my goal was to get in the top six. Now it's changed ... CAROLYN PETERSON Dad pressed against my mind. Please, Allison. Let me, just this once, hold my son. I shouldn't... DEVON MONK He'd asked me to marry him. He'd kissed me. Twice. He said he loved me. What a scum, rat, dog bastar... GENA SHOWALTER I'd like to see Charlton bench 320 and lift 260 in the clean and jerk. If he can do that, I think it... DANIEL BROWN When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also. I just really didn't understand... NICOLE RICHIE Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing... JENNIFER ELLISON I was annoyed that he got to read them. This guy, they've really coddled him. EMILY STOECKER I placed my face so close to his that his features became indistict, and I began to lose myself in t... JOJO MOYES Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting t... SALLY HAWKINS I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don... ZAC EFRON He automatically put handcuffs on me. I asked him why he was arresting me. The officer who was searc... BRUCE WHITE He's our most emotional player. Everyone in the dugout respects him and likes playing hard for him. ... REX PETERS My dad was a third-generation printer and linotype operator, by all accounts a fabulous ballroom dan... KATHERINE DUNN It was disappointing for him because he figured he could finish in the top five, if not win it. So t... JEFF BROMLEY Are you okay?" asked Finisterre. "Annoyed," I said, giving him my hand so he could heave me to ... JASPER FFORDE That’s cool, Leo.” Johnson was damn near standing on top of him as he spoke, but he’d be damne... A.E. VIA I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me fe... CHARLIE CHAPLIN There's no way he can hide from me. He has to line up in front of me. And I'm going to remind him of... JOEY PORTER Dad had an amazing send-off. All of the family was together with him and he died very peacefully las... LINDA HOPE I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like g... SIMON COWELL He decided he was gonna cross and uh after I got past him, the people right here that was in the mid... HOWARD BEAMAN He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, b... GUS KOCH If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect because you know he'll swing at anything. Yo... JAMIE MOYER When I was growing up, he was my favorite. It's weird if I get to meet him. ROBERT ANDINO When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and ma... ALICIA WITT Unfortunately, I never saw Pele play. What I know of him is through my grandfather, my dad's dad... NEYMAR I knew down on the mat I was probably better than him, and as long as I could stay with him on my fe... GRANT GAMBRALL Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hi... MICHAEL SCHENKER When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you... FAY WRAY I don't like him. He makes me laugh. It'll wrinkle my face. LJUPKA CVETANOVA He was just about to move when he felt her kiss his shoulder and his chest. She was curled up agains... SAMANTHA CHASE I worked him seven-eighths (of a mile) on the 24th and had him shod five or six days ago, and we may... STEVE SPECHT My client didn't fear you. He took the stand. That boy took the stand. I asked him about six questio... DARNAIL LYLES It was him. I tackled him and hugged him. We fell to the ground. He was my son. He was my heart. . .... TERRY CARTER You all right?" he said again. I didn't love him, I was far away from him, it was as though I w... MARGARET ATWOOD If I met him just another day, I could have told how much I loved him, how much I cared for him, how... NISHI DE SILVA I don't usually beat him. That was the first time I ever beat him. He was kind of surprised. He was ... BLAKE SMITH (Miller's) an athlete, he's one of the premier players in the state of Kentucky. I just wanted to st... JAKE WELLS He was a pretty strong kid. He had head control on me. I could just sense the cradle was there. I wa... COLTEN MOORE My dad was diagnosed with cancer, so we ended up burying him a year to the day that he was diagnosed... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling. VICTORIA AVEYARD Art got a little ding to his ankle. We put ice on it and taped him up at halftime and he was fine. W... CHRIS CONNOLLY They put him away for 20 years. Is that justification for killing someone? In my eyes, no. I guess t... GARY MORISHIMA So that's troublin' you? I reckon it needn't. You see it was this way. I come round the house an' se... ZANE GREY Tony was a little faster the first 20 or 25 laps of that run. Then we got equal and started reeling ... KASEY KAHNE I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12,... LIAM PAYNE He was trying to spend more time with him and get a little extra money so that he could do more with... DONALD SPARROW I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign l... MATT REEVES If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him!If he pays you wages that supply you your bread ... ELBERT HUBBARD Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up... BETH REVIS He asked if the PD would sell him a used one or did I have one I would sell him. I asked him why the... LUIS CORREA My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a str... LARRY FITZGERALD When I was little I used to see Godzilla all the time on TV, ... I just remember him knocking things... MATTHEW BRODERICK He tried to throw me and I slipped him. He went to the mat and I ended up on top near the edge of th... JOSH MILEY My grandfather was very involved with baseball. He just used dad to do the go-for business and gave ... BILL GRIER I moved him around a little bit on the last lap, but for third place, I didn't want to mess him up. ... MARK MARTIN I have hated Keith Foster since I was 15 years old. I hate him because he used to beat on me. DOROTHY HALLAS We were supposed to foul, but he pump-faked me and I didn't want to put him on the line for three sh... TRENTON HASSELL Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It... DICK VAN DYKE He asked me if I could get him detonation cord ... a high explosive used to set off the main explosi... GREGORY PFAFF Of course I tensed up when he touched me. To be with him was to hurt him-inevitably. And that's what... JOHN GREEN He comes to me when I call him. One day I was by the mailbox and I called for him, and he came runni... CHERYL PEYERK I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was... RANDY JOHNSON Most of the world knows him as the dad on Full House , but I know him as this funny, sick comedian. ... DOUG ELLIN
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J.K. ROWLING Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, And while you’re searching, ... J.K. ROWLING Harry took a deep, steadying breath and then said, “Okay, I can’t see the World Cup. Can I go no... J.K. ROWLING A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that none of the Riddles had been poison... J.K. ROWLING Aren't you two ever going to read Hogwarts, A History?" "What's the point?" said Ron. "Yo... J.K. ROWLING He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip... J.K. ROWLING Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is ri... J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” J.K. ROWLING But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. J.K. ROWLING Giggling should be made illegal. J.K. ROWLING OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!” Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble st... J.K. ROWLING There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage. J.K. ROWLING Worst that can happen is Hagrid’ll have to get rid of the skrewts. Sorry ... did I say worst? I me... J.K. ROWLING The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate ... J.K. ROWLING Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hint... J.K. ROWLING Bubotubers,” Professor Sprout told them briskly. “They need squeezing. You will collect the pus ... J.K. ROWLING Wow !” said Dennis, as though nobody in their wildest dreams could hope for more than being ... J.K. ROWLING Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to ... J.K. ROWLING We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore J.K. ROWLING I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” J.K. ROWLING He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor tower. Cho's voice echoin... J.K. ROWLING She’s a veela! ” he said hoarsely to Harry. “Of course she isn’t!” said Hermion... J.K. ROWLING I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I wa... J.K. ROWLING He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here lik... J.K. ROWLING You know your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ... J.K. ROWLING I hate being poor. J.K. ROWLING As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don�... J.K. ROWLING Play to your strengths." "I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself.... J.K. ROWLING Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby! J.K. ROWLING No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had e... J.K. ROWLING She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M... J.K. ROWLING Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye. J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Hello, Professor McGonagall,” said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher. “What �... J.K. ROWLING He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "... J.K. ROWLING Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sur... J.K. ROWLING Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,' said the Ministry wizard, and he bran... J.K. ROWLING Really Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin... J.K. ROWLING Well, I’m sure you’ll find someone somewhere who’ll have you. J.K. ROWLING Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid. "You don't think anything ... J.K. ROWLING Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being bor... J.K. ROWLING Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick h... J.K. ROWLING She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Pot... J.K. ROWLING But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. “Hermione... J.K. ROWLING I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memor... J.K. ROWLING Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him. J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. J.K. ROWLING You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! J.K. ROWLING I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the sh... J.K. ROWLING We're coming or you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and D... J.K. ROWLING Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...." "I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily eno... J.K. ROWLING Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and wha... J.K. ROWLING I love magic! J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn,... J.K. ROWLING Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even t... J.K. ROWLING He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him... J.K. ROWLING Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a so... J.K. ROWLING I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book J.K. ROWLING Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you'll get caughty. J.K. ROWLING Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the p... J.K. ROWLING Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Un... J.K. ROWLING Why do you live? Because I have something worth living for. J.K. ROWLING I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail. . . . Gladys G... J.K. ROWLING Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Ver... J.K. ROWLING