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I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.

~Eric Clapton

Topics: Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Fingertips Gave Grandparents Guitar Hurt Me Mean Much Play Tried Up Year I Tried

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At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.

~Erica Jong

Topics: Able Afford Beijing Bouncing Certain Chinese Cultures Grandparents Historic Many Moments Over Responsibilities Retire Seen States Still Took United United States Who

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This happens to a lot of kids from different backgrounds - they lose a lot of their parents' and grandparents' teachings, language and culture because they have to deal with another language and culture 24/7. By the time I was 44, I was terrible at Spanish. I was always intimidated whenever I had to speak it.

~Erik Estrada

Topics: Always Another Backgrounds Because By The Time Culture Deal Different Different Backgrounds Grandparents Had Happens Intimidated Kids Language Lose Lot Parents Spanish Speak Teachings Terrible Time Whenever

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All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.

~Erin Cummings

Topics: Educators Four Grandparents Mom Nurse Public Public School School School System System Through Were

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Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Afflicted Always Coastal Could Drops Grandparents Had Hunger Land Left Like Longer Made Many Mountain Narrow Often Plain Poor Sea Sustain Them Village Where

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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.

~Faith Evans

Topics: Childhood Church Gospel Gospel Music Grandparents House Know Like Limited Lot Me Mostly Music Old-Fashioned Our Pretty Raised Records Religious School Ways Were Who You

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I adored my grandparents and spent every weekend with Mama and Papa Wicks. They had seven children, so they needed a big house - and it seemed only logical to them to build into their house a pipe organ in a music room with a sixteen-foot ceiling.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Adored Big Build Ceiling Children Every Grandparents Had House Logical Mama Music Needed Only Organ Papa Pipe Room Seemed Seven Spent Them Weekend

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My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.

~Francesca Annis

Topics: Brought Certain Children Continuity Gives Grandparents Life Moving People Pride Security Sense Think Through Together Up Were I Think

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I just kept telling myself that ultimately, the money that my grandparents had put away to go into my college fund, that they were investing for me to go to school and get this education, it had to be worth something.

~G-Eazy

Topics: Away College Education Fund Get Go Grandparents Had Investing Just Kept Me Money Myself Put School Something Telling Ultimately Were Worth

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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.

~Gabrielle Zevin

Topics: Books Bring Every Every Time Grandparents Me Saw Time Used

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