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My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.

~Al Pacino

Topics: After Army Became College College Education Dad Education Got Grandfather Grandmother He His Insurance Know Maternal Mother Raised Really Salesman Split Up Very War Well World World War World War Ii I Was Raised

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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.

~Alan Hovhaness

Topics: Depressing Fine Grandfather Me Minister People Protestant Rather Say Sort Well Were

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I'm not that hands-on as a grandfather.

~Alan Sugar

Topics: Grandfather Hands-On

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You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather.

~Albert Finney

Topics: Anymore Boyfriend Come Father Get Girl Grandfather Guest Husband Lives Lover Off Our Our Lives Start Then You

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My grandfather was a very mystical guy who travelled from Argentina to Chile, across the mountains with a donkey, carrying the Torah.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Across Argentina Carrying Chile Donkey Grandfather Guy Mountains Mystical Torah Travelled Very Who

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'Catcher In The Rye' was my favorite book, honestly. I read it when I was thirteen, and the book was a bit of a family heirloom because it was passed down from my grandfather to my father to my older brother and then to me.

~Alex Wolff

Topics: Because Bit Book Brother Catcher Catcher In The Rye Down Family Father Favorite Grandfather Honestly Me Older Older Brother Passed Read Then Thirteen

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My grandfather was a politician and lived in Washington, D.C., so as a kid, I used to go to D.C. every other weekend.

~Alexandra Daddario

Topics: Every Go Grandfather Kid Lived Other Politician Used Washington Weekend

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My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth.

~Alexandra Stoddard

Topics: Businessman Father Grandfather Methodist Preacher Status Unsuccessful Wealth

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My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.

~Alexis Denisof

Topics: Although Came Early Early 20S Family French Generations Grandfather Grandmother Her Immigrants Ireland Met Moscow Mother New New York Outside Over Some Were York

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My grandfather was a civil servant. He was honest, so it would be unfair to say we enjoyed the perils of richness.

~Ali Fazal

Topics: Civil Enjoyed Grandfather He Honest Perils Richness Say Servant Unfair Would

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