My Grandfather Quotes - Page 9

• My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn't have any hands or numbers. He says it's very accurate. I asked him what time it was. You can guess what he told me.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Hands

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• I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Mohammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father Ali Ibn Abi-Talib.

  Husayn ibn Ali

  Father, Tyrants, Evil

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• I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

  Chris Colfer

  Cute, Nice, Car

  "*Glee'*s Chris Colfer Wants to Show You His Ass". Interview with Brett Berk, www.vanityfair.com. April 27, 2010.

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• When we lived in a society where we had large families that lived together, especially in agricultural societies like my grandfather and father grew up in, the result is you always had family around to take care of you.

  Atul Gawande

  Father, Together, Care

  "Atul Gawande: “We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

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• About a month before he died, my grandfather, we covered his back full of lard - after that he went downhill very quickly.

  Milton Jones

  Funny, Humor, Grandfather

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• My family have always supported my rap - and they know I love them when I rap about them - but I'm just Michael Jackson to them. They care more about me. I express my love for them in a much more personal way on this record. It's about our conversations; my fear, and their advice. I know my sisters are gonna hear "Willie Burke Sherwood", which is named for my grandfather, and cry. I used to do music for me, because my ego needed it, but now I'm doing music for my family and friends who helped me become a rapper.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Advice, Ego

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• My grandfather used to say, "Learn to like art, music and literature deeply and passionately. They will be your friends when things are bad". It is true: at this time of year, when days are short and dark, and one hardly dares to open the newspapers, I turn, not vainly either, to the great creators of the past for distraction, solace and help.

  Paul Johnson

  Life, Art, Dark

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• That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.

  Keith Coogan

  Mother, Eye, Voice

  "EXCLUSIVE: Keith Coogan Talks The Fox and the Hound 30th Anniversary Blu-ray". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. August 15, 2011.

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• Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.

  Creed Bratton

  Grandmother, Parent, Grandfather

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• My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Christian, Healing, Grandfather

  Interview with Simon&Schuster, www.simonandschuster.com.

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

  Rupert Everett

  Grandfather, India, Three

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• The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.

  America Ferrera

  Patriotic, Names, America

  "This much I know: America Ferrera" by Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• My grandfather got me mad and I peed inside his orange juice and asked him if it's tangy.

  Cam'ron

  Family, Orange Juice, Mad

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• My grandmother was the daughter of pioneers, as was my grandfather, and they were farmers. And they worked the land, and there is a grounded value system that becomes inherent in knowing what's real and what's powerful. And understanding the material nature of not only man, but beasts and profit and all of those things that you fight for.

  Brenda Strong

  Daughter, Powerful, Real

  "'Dallas' Star Brenda Strong Talks Ann Ewing and the Resilience of Larry Hagman". Interview with Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 6, 2011.

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• My grandfather was one of the most amazing Baptist ministers in history, he was unbelievable. He was one of the most amazing men - the most amazing man that I ever met... He lived an amazing life.

  Josh Henderson

  Men, Amazing Life, Grandfather

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• My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a love of cars, but with no technical ability whatsoever, sadly!

  Richard Hammond

  Car, Grandfather, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

  Tony Hale

  Appreciation, Art, Dad

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• Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.

  Al Jardine

  Paris, Car, Grandfather

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• 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 on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

  Frank Ocean

  Smart, Pride, Acceptance

  "Frank Ocean: On Channel Orange, Meeting Odd Future, and His Tumblr Letter". Interview with Amy Wallace, www.gq.com. November 20, 2012.

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• 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 what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

  Tea Obreht

  Yugoslavia, Grandfather, Term

  "'The Tiger's Wife:' A Young Talent Takes On Folklore". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. March 5, 2011.

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• My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.

  Dylan Lauren

  Mom, Artist, People

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• My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter.

  Gyorgy Ligeti

  Artist, Grandfather, Musician

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• 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. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Father, Fighting

  "Q&A with George Papandreou". Interview with Nicole Itano, papandreou.gr. April 12, 2010.

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• 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 my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Father, Military

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• My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company.

  Larry Page

  Thinking, Iron, Grandfather

  "How Google's Larry Page became a responsible entrepreneur" by Carol Sanford, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2014.

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