A Quote by Robert Ballard

My family came in 1635 from England and settled in Williamsburg. Shortly after, they split up; half went to New England and half stayed in Virginia. I'm a Virginian Ballard.

Robert Ballard

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After Came England Family Half My Family New New England Settled Split Stayed Up Virginia Williamsburg

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Robert Ballard
American - Scientist
Born: June 30, 1942

I bought a house in England in 1990, shortly after my father died, hoping to come home to England and spend time with my family.

Christine McVie

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

Alice Eve

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Kunal Nayyar

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Dennis Bergkamp

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Robert Eggers

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Saqib Mahmood

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Christian de Duve

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)

Alan Hansen

I want the marginality to come into the center. This is the thing I was conscious of growing up, when I later lived in England. I saw all these war movies that came out shortly after the war, and they were all about the war being fought by Englishmen or Americans, there were no other "allies" in it - from India or Australia, etc.

Michael Ondaatje

My mom, well, she's half Greek, half German-Italian; born in England. She's just a nomad. She loves Middle Eastern style, Indian style, so much so that she ended up having Indian babies.

Hannah Simone

Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter.

Aaron Klug

A tree there is that from its topmost bough Is half all glittering flame and half all green Abounding foliage moistened with the dew; And half is half and yet is all the scene; And half and half consume what they renew.