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I had a great childhood. Even though I never had my own room - I shared the porch with my grandfather and kept my belongings in one drawer of a dresser that was jammed next to the piano - I never went hungry and was always supported by my family.

~Clint Hill

Topics: Always Childhood Drawer Dresser Even Family Grandfather Great Had Hungry Kept My Own Never Next Own Piano Porch Room Shared Supported Though

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As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints.

~Clint Smith

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My grandfather was a ship's cook, and he came back from the Far East very often with strange little toys. One of the things he brought back was a puzzle box, which obsessed me for a long time.

~Clive Barker

Topics: Back Box Brought Came Cook East Far Grandfather He Little Long Long Time Me Obsessed Often One Of The Things Puzzle Ship Strange Things Time Toys Very Which

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In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.

~Clyde Edgerton

Topics: Case Daddy Father Grandfather Me Papa Who

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My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast and married my grandfather, who was from Wales.

~Coco Rocha

Topics: About Belfast Came Dad Grandfather Know Married Mom Much Side Wales Who

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My grandfather was like Australia's Tom Jones.

~Conrad Sewell

Topics: Australia Grandfather Like Tom

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I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.

~Corey Hawkins

Topics: Family Grandfather Military Served Well

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Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

~Craig T. Nelson

Topics: Becoming Being Children Difficult Father Grandfather Increasingly Nine Parenting Thing Think Three

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

~Creed Bratton

Topics: Came Grandfather Grandmother Music Naturally Parents Playing Pretty I Came

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My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.'

~Curtis Jackson

Topics: After Agenda Bad Burned Church Experience Go Going Gonna Got Grandfather Grandpa Grandparents Had His Interest Invested Lost Money Option Own Pastor Stay Themselves Through

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