My grandfather was a pawnbroker, and when I was in first or second grade, my parents opened their own store. I probably… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
I wrote "Miner's Prayer" after [grandfather] died. I'd gone back to his funeral, and he died in 1979. And I came back… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
I found a great deal of relief and excitement watching comics when I was very young. My grandmother was very into them… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I remember, as a kid, my grandfather would grab my temples and say, 'You've got to focus, Jake. You've got to focus.' — Jake Peavy Copy Share Image
When you come from a family that has been political, and I was brought up by my grandfather in the Senate, my… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
That is like in my parents' generation, Walter Cronkite. If you were gonna go into broadcasting, if you weren't gonna be Walter… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come… — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense… — Ian Dunbar Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
To travel only a few blocks in his own homeland, an elderly grandfather waits to beg for the whim of a teenage… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than… — Isaac Babel Copy Share Image
It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of… — James Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The thing my father was proudest of was the Ayres clock at the intersection of Washington Street and Meridian. That made him… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front… — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
No matter what ailed you, a small glass of schnapps would take care of it at once. This particular remedy was so… — Molly Picon Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn't go to Oxbridge,… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand… — Erik Estrada Copy Share Image
My grandfather's a little forgetful, but he likes to give me advice. One day, he took me aside and left me there. — Ron Richards Copy Share Image
I was getting worried I may not become a grandfather, but the Lord has blessed me. — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
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