When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
[My father] was always saying I'd end up like my grandfather. Okay. My grandfather was an architect, I'm an architect. It's true,… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, my mother lived in the posh downtown of Homs, Syria. She described my grandfather as a king in… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a small-town doctor and he used to say that I was missing a gene that told me that some… — Paul Budnitz Copy Share Image
When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was… — Gavin DeGraw Copy Share Image
Having still in my recollection so many excellent men, to whose grandfathers, upon the same spots, my grandfather had yielded cheerful obedience… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen. — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
I had no specific bent towards science until my grandfather, who died - that summer - of stomach cancer. ... I decided… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. — Luke Goss Copy Share Image
I used to help my grandfather on the farm, driving tractors, raising crops and animals. I used to feed some of the… — Tyson Chandler Copy Share Image
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