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Grandfather Quotes

My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.

Freedom Political Find Grandfather

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 firefighter. New York is in my DNA.

Son New York City Born Grandfather

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.

David Hyde Pierce

Family Me Find Grandfather Alzheimer

My grandfather was a lot like a white Jewish George Jefferson, and he did not enjoy my work very much.

Work Enjoy White Grandfather Jewish

My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures in my life, really. I had my godfather, but he's more like a grandfather, so I was quite sheltered. I've never tried to find my father.

Life Father My Life Find Grandfather

Unlike my grandfather or my brother, I've actually been able to make some money at a racetrack.

Money Brother Grandfather Been Able

This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.

People Me Grandfather Say Depressing

During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba.

Youth Moving America Go Grandfather

My grandfather was actually a doo-wop singer in Panama. They were called The Dominos. He was the high soprano voice.

Voice Grandfather Singer High Panama

My grandfather was Scottish, born in the slums of Glasgow.

Born Grandfather Scottish Slums

The only politician in my family was my grandfather's grandfather, who was the mayor of Winnipeg from Jan. 1, 1917, until Jan. 5, 1917, because he lost the recount. So he was mayor of Winnipeg for four days.

Family Lost Grandfather Days Four

When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing bikes, repairing lawn mowers, I learned how things work.

Work Me Grandfather Build Old Paint

For one year, I was Keith Mitchell Coogan on my headshots. The next year, I was just Keith Coogan. And I have gone by that ever since, maybe 1984 or 1985. That is my mother's maiden name, and it was out of reverence for my grandfather.

Mother Name Year Grandfather Out

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.

Family Born India Grandfather Three

I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I'm driving, I hear I'm a moron. I like being a moron.

Father Me Driving Said Grandfather

With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my grandfather Louis. Many more spectacular fossil finds have since been made, both in Africa and elsewhere, by many researchers driven to understand our past.

Past Research Discovery Grandfather

I have an older brother who's an actor and a grandfather who was an actor.

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Brother Grandfather Actor Who Older

Although my grandmother was a strict parent and abided my grandfather's kosher diet, as a Nana, she had grown away from religion and was almost unbelievably permissive.

Religion Parent Diet Grandfather She

I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.

Father Small Small Town Grandfather

My grandfather is a blues musician.

Blues Grandfather Musician

My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of these people.

People House Grandfather Guest Hindu

I'm a quarter Indian; my grandfather's originally from New Delhi.

New Grandfather Quarter Delhi Indian

My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.

Live Enough Doubt Long Grandfather

My grandfather left Cuba when Castro came into power and literally left everything. He had two suitcases and two kids and showed up in New Jersey and waited for my uncle to meet up with him. Imagine - there were no cell phones back then!

Power Back Uncle Grandfather Meet

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