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title: "7 Grandfather Time Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I just think, at my stage of life, becoming a new grandfather, it's about time I started to behave like a grandfather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-hunt/i-just-think-at-my-stage-of-life-becoming-a-new-grandfather-it-s/)

[Rex Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-hunt/)

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> [“if I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. There's no doubt of it. I just don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/if-i-d-been-born-in-my-grandfather-s-time-i-d-have-made-my/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [“I sometimes wish I had lived in my grandfather's time instead of today. The pattern of life was less complicated then. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-woollcott/i-sometimes-wish-i-had-lived-in-my-grandfather-s-time-instead-of/)

[Alexander Woollcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-woollcott/)

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> [If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/if-i-d-been-born-in-my-grandfather-s-time-i-d-have-made-my-2/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [When I started with Ramesh Sippy's 'Buniyaad' in 1985, I was in my mid-20s and within a year, I was elevated from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alok-nath/when-i-started-with-ramesh-sippy-s-buniyaad-in-1985-i-was-in-my-mid/)

[Alok Nath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alok-nath/)

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> [Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone's life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/grandparenthood-is-a-unique-moment-in-anyone-s-life-as-countless-kind/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I used to hang out with grandfather all the time because he used to pick me up from school sometimes, or drive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/i-used-to-hang-out-with-grandfather-all-the-time-because-he-used-to/)

[Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/)

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