Famous Quote by Claire Denis

My great grandfather came from Scotland to Brazil, George Gracie, from Dumfries.

— Rickson Gracie

My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian.

— Kaya Scodelario

In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and raised in…

— Phillipa Soo

My father was rich and renowned, and later - as I got to know him, went on vacations with him, and then lived with…

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded…

— Arlen Specter

My father was a San Francisco firefighter. He also was an amateur artist. Art ran deep on his side of the family, which originated…

— Keith Hernandez

My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot of talent,…

— Edmund Hillary

My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we…

— Maiara Walsh

I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never…

— Sonia Rykiel

My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go…

— Andy Garcia

My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a…

— Aliko Dangote

My father came from a Quaker family. His father was a professional artist who did portraits - very traditional, a lot of religious subjects.

— Roger Penrose