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I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was… — Aravind Adiga
I will eat grandfather for dinner. — Helen Keller
My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies. — Wyclef Jean
That's all my grandfather was guilty of, fear, faith in his words, but that was a high crime in her eyes. That's all Jack was… — Kaye Gibbons
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon… — Joe Lhota
I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a… — Joe Lhota
My grandfather felt at home with his lunatics. — Thomas Ligotti
Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in… — James Patterson
My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father. — Alice Hoffman
If I sat back and decided to sell the product of my father and my grandfather's work, like a leech, you know I wouldn't be… — James Packer
[Senator]Torricelli [D-NJ] will leave public office with just the clothes on his back, a Rolex watch and other assorted jewelry, a TV set, a couple… — Ann Coulter
I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was… — Mike Rowe
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. — Karrine Steffans
I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of… — Antonio Tabucchi
You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. — Rebecca Harding Davis
I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started… — Rachael Ray
I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents… — William Least Heat-Moon
Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of Wallace,… — Simon Newcomb
My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton… — Frank Ocean
For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with… — Tea Obreht
My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people. — Dylan Lauren
My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. — Gyorgy Ligeti
I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art. — Sigmar Polke
I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom.… — George Papandreou
I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If… — George Papandreou

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