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My grandfather was the general counsel for the Washington Senators, and my dad grew up on Ted Williams' lap.
I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.
My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.
My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.
You might be a redneck if your grandfather completely executes the pull my finger trick at the family reunion.
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway.
My maternal grandfather owned a grocery store that also sold kosher meat. He did well.
My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where I come from.
The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.
My grandfather made films on God, I make it on the devil, so, I wonder what he would say if he was alive. He'd probably disown me.
My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model.
If anything, I'd say my family was entrepreneurial - my grandfather and father. It was in our blood. But I didn't have this one mentor that was super successful.
When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.
My grandfather was a very mystical guy who travelled from Argentina to Chile, across the mountains with a donkey, carrying the Torah.
I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.
My grandmother and my mother and my grandfather, their style of praying was - all day long, they would pray by singing and humming.
Today is my grandfather's birthday." "How old is he?" "Sixty-three. It's hard to believe he was once a human being.
My grandfather served as a pilot with the Army Air Corps, and he was shot down over Normandy in August 1944.
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot of rules.
I am a born hunter, like my father, my grandfather, and every man of my family before them.
My grandfather, I don't think was really, had real positive feelings towards anybody except perhaps Donald.
My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.
My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.
My grandfather talked about James Dean; they were both very much into method acting.
My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.
You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'
Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.
I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.
My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.
I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther.
My grandfather D. Ramanaidu has been in the film business for over 50 years, so I grew up in films.
I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced.
I blame my grandfather 100 percent for his oldest son's death. I don't think there's any ambiguity there.
My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather.
My grandfather was actually a doo-wop singer in Panama. They were called The Dominos. He was the high soprano voice.
My grandmother was German. She was an immigrant, and my great grandfather fought in World War I and was stationed in France.
My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.
My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.
My grandfather was a popular senator, known as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, including the line-item veto for the president.
The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
Several of my uncles are comedians. My father is a comedian; my grandfather was known for his jokes. It definitely runs in the family.
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!
In the year 1943 my grandfather, Shri Vijay Bhatt made a film by the name of 'Ram Rajya.'
My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side.
My grandfather, my grandmother especially, I have a whole family of activists, they've always told me to stand up for what I believe in.
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it
It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke.
Real is the club of my heart, and I promised my grandfather that I would play there one day. I hope that it will happen.
My grandfather told me our history through his stories about all the great Zulu battles.
My grandfather... always used to say - I remember it really well - that he was proud to be a politician. He wanted to redeem that word.
Where is the society which does not struggle along under a dead-weight of tradition and law inherited from its grandfather?
My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country.
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?
A long time ago, my grandfather used to play blackjack with me, when I was very small, and I quite enjoyed that.
I had never experienced the death of someone close to me until my grandfather passed away.
My grandfather was a lot like a white Jewish George Jefferson, and he did not enjoy my work very much.
