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I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets your hands dirty, is a respectable, necessary thing. But I wanted to write - and writing didn't qualify. Whenever I told my parents I dreamed of becoming a writer, they said, 'Great, but what are you going to do for work?'

~Ali Liebegott

Topics: Becoming Dirty Dreamed Gets Going Gotten Grandfather Great Hands Home Kind Makes Message Necessary Parents Qualify Real Real Work Respectable Said Starting Sweat Thing Wanted Whenever Work Write Writer Writing You Your

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My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything that's going on.

~Ali Lohan

Topics: About Always Charities Entire Entire Life Everything Going Grandfather Grew He Him His Life Living Me Other Side Up Whole Worked World

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My grandfather talked about James Dean; they were both very much into method acting.

~Alia Shawkat

Topics: About Acting Both Dean Grandfather James James Dean Method Much Talked Very Were

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My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a businessman and politician. I was actually raised by my grandfather.

~Aliko Dangote

Topics: Actually Africa Businessman Death Father Grandfather Great-Grandfather His Man Nut Politician Raised Richest Time Trader West

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The luckiest person in the world is somebody who is born into a small, shabby-genteel town on a major railway connection with 24,000 souls and a bird sanctuary and whose grandfather owns a farm and whose father owns a business -whose family is mildly prosperous but not rich, which means you can leave the town.

~Allan Gurganus

Topics: Bird Born Business Connection Family Farm Father Grandfather Leave Luckiest Major Means Owns Person Prosperous Railway Rich Sanctuary Small Somebody Souls Town Which Who Whose World You

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I interned at NASA for five years, and I grew up in Cape Canaveral, and my grandfather was an engineer on the Mercury capsule, and my grandmother was a software engineer. I literally grew up playing on the Mercury capsule prototypes.

~Allison Schroeder

Topics: Cape Engineer Five Grandfather Grandmother Grew Literally Mercury Nasa Playing Prototype Software Up Years

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I was blessed enough to talk to my grandfather the night before he passed, and he told me that everything was going to be okay, and I know he wanted me continue and do my best, be happy, and that's what keeps me going.

~Ally Brooke

Topics: Be Happy Before Best Blessed Continue Enough Everything Going Grandfather Happy He Keeps Know Me Night Okay Passed Talk Wanted

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My mother wanted to abort me, and that was basically a family secret. My grandfather stopped her and said that he had a dream and saw me perfectly. He was a prophetic dreamer, like Martin.

~Alveda King

Topics: Basically Dream Dreamer Family Grandfather Had He Her Like Martin Me Mother Perfectly Prophetic Said Saw Secret Stopped Wanted

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I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn't look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement!

~Amber Rose

Topics: Being Blessed Cape Clear Day Family Grandfather Great Look Love Over Owe Pretty Skin Sun Too Understatement Whole

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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

Topics: America Behind Big Definitely Facts Grandfather Grown Knew Librarian Me Name Patriotic Random Sort Story Truth Truth Is Who Wish I Wish

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