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
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I bring a copy of 'Dracula' with me wherever I go, the book. It's my favorite book in the world, it's absolutely… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
The sole literary presence from my childhood was my grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia, who eccentrically copied poems into the backs… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
My grandfather had two boys, my uncle had three boys, my dad had me and my two brothers, each of my brothers… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
My grandfather died when I was 12, but I remember the sorrow of my mother. Even now, she's an old lady, but… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
My mum left her job to allow me to pursue my dreams, coming along with me. But the person who really inspired… — Fred Copy Share Image
“Mr. Carter spoke, “I think your grandfather will be glad to help. I can go to Greenfield and tell him the whole… — Gertrude Chandler Warner Copy Share Image
When I started with Ramesh Sippy's 'Buniyaad' in 1985, I was in my mid-20s and within a year, I was elevated from… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many… — La La Anthony Copy Share Image
“was a trust fund from his grandfather, but Robyn hadn’t known that. And he hadn’t known or realized his money had been… — Christie Craig Copy Share Image
I used to have a lovely wallet with lots of different compartments where I kept photographs of my grandmother, grandfather and friends.… — Neve McIntosh Copy Share Image
I remember my grandmother, Maria Roslyn, very well because she used to visit us in Wales when I was growing up. She… — Colin Jackson Copy Share Image
Then Arjuma saw in both armies fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons; fathers of wives, uncles, masters; brothers companions and friends. . . .… — Juan Mascaro Copy Share Image
My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
My grandfather, born in 1865, was a copper miner from the age of 10. The air down the mines was poisoned with… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a chef and would make everything himself, including the wine, and had his own huge pizza oven. All the… — Gino D'Acampo Copy Share Image
I'm a Texan. Some of me is still nestled up there in the Catskill Mountains: the summers I spent with my grandfather… — Jerry Jeff Walker Copy Share Image
If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
My grandfather Edward was a great inspiration to me - my ultimate hero. He bought me a book with a glossary of… — George Clarke Copy Share Image
“I had to learn what my grandfather and mother knew about some of this journey’s problems. My job was to sit back… — Deborah L. Parker Copy Share Image
My parents came from very humble families. My grandfather had a construction business coming from farmland, and my grandmother could never read… — Maria Cornejo Copy Share Image
I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets… — Ali Liebegott Copy Share Image
The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day;… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
My father and grandfather were stockbrokers, and they would actually take stock certificates from a vault, give it to a runner, and… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
I was dreaming ... about my grandfather. A very old man, at least as old as I am now, 91. I thought,… — Thomas Pynchon 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
I confess that as a young boy, Sunday was not my favorite day. Grandfather shut down the action. We didn't have any… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my… — Louise Leakey Copy Share Image
Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician.… — Sam Rivers Copy Share Image
As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind,… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The Alzheimer's Association is what I am passionate about. My grandfather had it. My mom has it. It's a horrible disease, and… — Graham Shiels Copy Share Image
There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew, Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
I feel very blessed to have a partner in life who supports me, who is enthusiastic about what I want to do,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
