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My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.

~Ana De Armas

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I love, love, love my grandparents.

~Ana Ivanovic

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My grandparents were deeply affected by war, and it was obvious that the men who fought were horribly affected, as were the women who remained at home.

~Andrea Riseborough

Topics: Affected Deeply Fought Grandparents Home Horribly Men Obvious Remained War Were Who Women

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The working class of England take their deracination completely for granted. Disenchantment is the happy code that informs every byway of the underclass: service jobs, celebrity dreams, Lotto wins, leisured poverty on pre-crunch credit cards, it's all there, part of the story of an English people whose grandparents never had it so good.

~Andrew O'Hagan

Topics: Cards Celebrity Class Code Credit Credit Cards Disenchantment Dreams England English English People Every Good Grandparents Granted Had Happy Informs Jobs Never Part People Poverty Service Story Take Whose Wins Working Working Class

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We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen me play Gollum, King Kong, Captain Haddock, the lot. They totally get it, and they want to go into the business. Ruby, my daughter, is very keen to become an actress.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Actress Become Been Business Captain Daughter Every Family Get Go Grandparents Great Had Keen Kids King Kong Lot Me Never Play Ruby Seen Set Support Totally Very Want

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Growing up in Mississippi - a state that historically was a place of racial injustice, inequality and oppression - gave me the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the evolution of the civil rights movement through the eyes of my parents, grandparents, and the black elders of our community.

~Angela Mcglowan

Topics: Black Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Community Elders Evolution Experience Eyes Gave Grandparents Growing Growing Up Historically Inequality Injustice Me Mississippi Movement Opportunity Oppression Our Our Community Parents Place Racial Rights Rights Movement State Through Unique Up

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My father was from Northern Ireland, and coming from somewhere like that, your faith defines you. That's something we don't really understand outside Northern Ireland, but because of my parents and grandparents, I've experienced it.

~Anna Maxwell Martin

Topics: Because Coming Defines Experienced Faith Father Grandparents Ireland Like Northern Northern Ireland Outside Parents Really Something Somewhere Understand You Your

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In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

~Anne Enright

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I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. And I believe if He's pleased, that people like my mother and my daddy, my grandparents, you know, my husband, my children, they'll be pleased.

~Anne Graham Lotz

Topics: Audience Believe Children Daddy God Grandparents He Husband Know Life Like Live Living Mother My Life People Please Pleased You I Believe

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All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

~Anne Lamott

Topics: Embarrassment Grandparents Kids Often Parents Relief Resist You

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