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I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.

~Angela Lansbury

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My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.

~Angelique Kerber

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My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!

~Anne Baxter

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I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.

~Annette Bening

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With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a father figure to these kids, I'd be a little distressed to be thought of as a grandfather figure.

~Anthony Horowitz

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I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.

~Antonio Tabucchi

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I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.

~Aravind Adiga

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Henry Winkler is the most lovable man. He is like everybody's favorite grandfather.

~Ari Graynor

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My grandfather was facing this terror, my parents, myself.

~Ariel Sharon

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My grandfather is from Peshawar; he was born there.

~Arjun Kapoor

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