Jidenna
Related As a youngster, my mother and father always drilled into my head having something to fall back on. M... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miam... CARMEN BUSQUETS My father was the youngest of seven, and nobody lived to be 60. And so we were always sitting shiva ... JUDY BLUME WALE BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, a... BIBLE GEORGE CLOONEY JIDENNA BOBBIE ANN MASON Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to
my Father: but go to by brethren,... BIBLE RICKY MARTIN My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him a... P. L. TRAVERS Mobile is a seaport town, and we ate a lot of seafood. We'd go fishing, we'd catch our fish ... BILLY WILLIAMS I think if 'The Narrow Road To The Deep North' is one of the high points of Japanese culture... RICHARD FLANAGAN We shot the video for 'Broken' where both my parents grew up. There was always a strong sens... PATTY SMYTH My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German ... DANIEL BRUHL CAROL LEIFER My father's Jewish, so my world is Jewish whenever I go home. BEN FELDMAN PARIS JACKSON I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs th... PATSY KENSIT DONALD TRUMP, JR. Theater was definitely part of my roots. My father would take me to plays, and then my mother was al... CHRISTIAN SLATER My mother was a Bible student, and when I was a youngster, both my mother and father would say, '... MONTE IRVIN LEE IACOCCA I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would t... MAHESH BABU MATTIE STEPANEK My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mothe... JACK WAGNER CRISTIANO RONALDO When I'm up on them, they play better, ... When I was up two set points in my pro match, they had tw... DONALD YOUNG When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he'd made up.... NICOLAS ROEG When I'm up on them [the pros], they play better. When I was up two set points in my pro match, he h... DONALD YOUNG My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother... STEVE TISCH I used to make up stories about my father. I would go to the movies and look for a character who loo... DANNY AIELLO I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in S... TAIYE SELASI NATE ROBINSON EARL WEAVER I've been on 'Criminal Minds' twice! On the first show, a boy brought kids out to the wo... ELLE FANNING BRANDON SANDERSON My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland... JOHN C. HAWKES I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do t... ED BRADLEY APOLO OHNO PATTI DAVIS I don't know how many companies I've bought in my life, and most of them I've bought fro... OLAV THON When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started ... MIRANDA COSGROVE KATE WINSLET I judge everybody on the Farage Test. Number one, would I employ them? Number two, would I go for a ... NIGEL FARAGE B. B. KING PARK GEUN-HYE CAMILA ALVES DAVID A. BEDNAR BEVERLY SILLS I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother ... RONALDINHO I do not even know where my wife and two daughters are. I just want to get a little help getting est... ERVIN DOYLE ELIZABETH WILSON CHUCK SCHUMER TOM HARDY I've always been a fan of my father's films. I'm crazy about my father and his movies. I... DULQUER SALMAAN ZIGGY MARLEY I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and... THOMAS KEAN, JR. Readers appreciate the truth. Why say, 'Some think a situation is a mess?' Based on my repor... KARA SWISHER DAVID BOWIE MATT GROENING GREGG ALLMAN SIDNEY POITIER My father and my mother separated when I was two. CARLA GUGINO I feel great, ... I'm a father and I have a family to take care of. My thinking has changed. I reall... JAE SEO CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE AMY CHUA I've always had the greatest respect for and listened to both my father and my mother. I've ... NEYMAR Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then ju... RAINN WILSON I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my f... BARBARA PARK My mom and my father's birthday are on the same day. VICTOR CRUZ Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always... ART ALEXAKIS My father never did any of the things that my friends’ fathers did with them. We never tossed a fo... SUSAN FORWARD ERIC MCCORMACK My father would leave home for seven or eight months of the year trying to pursue his hockey career.... BERNICE CARNEGIE TOM CRUISE We get the kids involved. We'll tell them about three different times, 'Say no and shout,' and then ... MERV ADAMS My father played five years for Valence in France's second division. I'd always cry when he ... HENRIKH MKHITARYAN My whole conscience I get from my father. The purpose of life I learned from my father is that we al... BETTIE BACA We had our little spats ah you know he's asked why don't you leave why don't you go home you know an... KAREN ORR My father and Frank Sinatra respected each other's abilities enormously. My father always said Frank... CHRISTOPHER RIDDLE XAVIER DOLAN TED CRUZ CHARLIE PUTH GARRY KASPAROV DAVID BOWIE My father had to go back to Iran to take care of his father when I was 13 and was detained for six y... DARA KHOSROWSHAHI CLARA BARTON DAN CASTELLANETA My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of m... STEPHEN GREENBLATT ROBERT CORMIER RICHELLE MEAD RORY MCILROY JOE STRUMMER CAROLINE KENNEDY CHIEF JOSEPH When somebody doesn't use common sense, I get frustrated. When I'm driving down the highway ... BILLY HORSCHEL "Who hates his neighbor has not the rights of a child." And not only has he no rights as a child, he... SØREN KIERKEGAARD ZARA LARSSON
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Ni... 
My father would often start to say something, then say 'Forget it.' 
On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger'... 
My name is Jidenna, which means 'to hold or embrace the father' in Igbo. It was my father wh... 
My father had all these great names for our cows. Bossy and Daisy and Petunia and Turnip. One of my ... 
I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the wor... 
My father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it... 
Now I see other kids and their parents, and I compare them to my dad. Our dad was a really normal fa... 
When I spent time with my father, it wasn't playing ball in the back yard. I came to his office ... 
My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've... 
People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,' and, '... 
My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that&... 
When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told... 
Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a co... 
Never go on a date unarmed.” Words of wisdom from my father. Well, my foster father. I was an orph... 
My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life.... 
The CIA created, armed and financed the Contras. My father backed them with everything he had. It wa... 
Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along ... 
I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided ... 
I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins. 
I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,&#... 
The Father's plan is designed to provide direction for His children, to help them become happy, ... 
My father died five days before I returned to New York. He was only fifty-three years old. My parent... 
When I was about 8, I used to go into one of the rooms in the mansion, and I would open a magazine l... 
There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up... 
My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I h... 
My father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection... 
My mother was Catholic, my father was Protestant. There was always a debate going on at home - I thi... 
Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it? 
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, h... 
My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treat... 
I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister cal... 
For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was ar... 
Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And whe... 
I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. 
The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but th... 
I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan. 
When we used to go to the car-wash where people would wipe the windows, my dad would go out and help... 
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked w... 
My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity. 
What could I do but go with them [Civil War soldiers], or work for them and my country? The patriot ... 
Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life have been without it? 
Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always w... 
For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of gua... 
The great thing about my two lives is I love them both. I'm very ambitious and nothing gets in t... 
And the pebbles fight each other as rocks/And my father bends among them/Two hands outstretching up ... 
I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got t... 
I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled... 
I wear jewellery that I never take off. I have a ring and two necklaces. I always have them on and g... 
I reached rock bottom halfway through college. And it was - because of all the pressure that I think... 
I wanted to remind myself and others of the old Jim Crow, so that we can remind ourselves that we...