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There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had. After the Depression, they were scratching out a living and working hard. They kept the family going.

~Cheryl Ladd

Topics: After Best Children Depression Did Eight Family Father Going Grandparents Had Hard Kept Living Mother Nine Out Scratching Were Working Working Hard

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My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves.

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: Genocide Grandparents Graves Like Many Most Stories Survivors Took

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I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: Always American Aware Could Daughters Did Discuss Even Father Genocide Grandparents How Immigrants Like Many Possible Sons Though Wanted

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I'm Cuban. Both my parents are Cuban. My grandparents are, too. Although I have no idea where Fit comes from.

~Chrissie Fit

Topics: Although Both Both My Parents Cuban Fit Grandparents Idea No Idea Parents Too Where

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Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

~Christian Lacroix

Topics: Books Dressed Everything Generation Going Grandparents House Like Only Our Our Generation Out Paris Seen Sisters

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I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines.

~Christian Lacroix

Topics: Books Clothes Experienced Grandparents Looking Magazines Old

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The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.

~Christina Hendricks

Topics: Associated Dress Grandparents Mad Mad Men Men Old Old Photographs Parents People Photographs Way

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My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.

~Clare Bowen

Topics: Beautiful Both Encouraging Family Grandfather Grandmother Grandparents Irish Quartet Singers Soprano Tenor Very Were

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There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard. In order to respond to that, he had to become a hard man, with very hard rules, very hard discipline for himself, very hard days, hard work, et cetera.

~Clarence Thomas

Topics: Become Between Days Did Difference Discipline Grandparents Had Hard Hard Life Hard Work Harsh He Himself Life Lived Man Order Respond Rules Someone South Survive To Survive Very Who Work You

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There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard.

~Clarence Thomas

Topics: Between Did Difference Grandparents Had Hard Hard Life Harsh Life Lived Someone South Survive To Survive Who You

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