“I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.” IfsCountryMightTodayFatherMilitaryBecomingPoliticianSixMy FamilyPrisonProfessorsGrandfatherDictatorshipMy Grandfather Author:George Papandreou
“I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.” YearsLooksStillsPiecesMilitaryChangedWallMembersPaperShotsMy FamilyGreenPocketsChemicalsGrandfatherFamily MembersColonelsConfederateCompositesGreat GrandfatherCavalry Author:Anson Mount
“My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and my father was the first to touch the deepest point in the ocean... For me, adventure and exploration is something in the blood.” MenFirstsFatherBloodAdventureOceanMy FamilyExplorationGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Bertrand Piccard
“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.” FirstsLittlesUseEyeAbleMotherBitsVoiceChallengesActingTaughtLittle BitAspectMy FamilyGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Keith Coogan
“I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.” WayFeltBornGrewGrew UpMy FamilyTownsSouthSpotsRanRootedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherGeorgiaMayorsCottonMills Author:Frances Mayes
“My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've always wanted to write about that period - in some ways to digest it for myself, something that defined me but that I didn't go through.” WayWritingWarWantedParentPeriodsMy FamilyDiedProfoundDefinedAffectedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherFather DiedGrandfather Died Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist.” ChurchInfluenceMy FamilyGrandfatherDominantMy Grandfather Author:Jason Jones
“After my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things and there was an anthology without any names attached to it and I read a poem called Spellbound and I somehow attached it to my grandfather's death and I thought my grandfather had written it.” BookHouseNamesWrittenMy FamilyDiedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherBasementsAnthologyFather DiedGrandfather Died Author:Edward Hirsch
“Growing up after the Second World War in a Jewish family, I really understand that, and have members of my family who are very committed to this concept. My grandfather's first name was Israel and he thought it was his country. In my own sense of this issue as an American Jew, I have been on both sides of this. At this point I think it is very important for there to be separation of religion and state. It's not good for Jews. It's not good for Muslims. It's not good for Christians. The marriage of state and religion is inherently problematic.” ThinkingWorldFirstsHas BeensImportantWarCountryStatesChristianNamesSidesMy OwnGrowing UpIssuesGrowingMembersConceptsMy FamilyCommittedJewIsraelSeparationWar Of The WorldsWorld War IGrandfatherBoth SidesMy GrandfatherSecond World WarJewish Family Author:Jill Stein
“The thing my father was proudest of was the Ayres clock at the intersection of Washington Street and Meridian. That made him so happy. Ayres complained because he wouldn't send them a bill. There was stuff my family had done there - particularly my father and grandfather - that was quite permanent and wonderful.” MadeDoneFatherStuffWonderfulStreetsMy FamilyBillsClockPermanentGrandfatherIntersectionsFathers And Grandfathers Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“This grandson of an Irish immigrant, after whom I was named, Richard Michael Cawley is my grandfather. I was right that - and I always tell kids that, you know, if my small life represents anything is that if you work hard, you study hard, and you never give up on your dreams and listen to people that care about, you can live those dreams. And for me to be up on the platform standing with my right hand in the air in the presence of my family and our new president [Donald Trump], it just tells me this is a great country. My grandfather was right.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingCountryHardDreamHandsCareKidsPresidentStudyAirHard WorkTrumpGiving UpStandingMy FamilyYour DreamsImmigrantsPlatformsGrandfatherNever Giving UpMy GrandfatherGreat CountryGrandsonNever Give Up On Your DreamsSmall LifeHands In The Air Author:Mike Pence
“My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.” CoursesFatherTeacherMy FamilyImpactGrandfatherFathers And Grandfathers Author:Elie Wiesel
“My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and his life and history were very formative to myself and my family. The almost unimaginable dichotomy between the different eras of his life always crushed my brain on some level. That this guy who was shoveling carob chips out of a barrel and restocking yogurt popsicles could also have those numbers on his arm. It was an inconceivable juxtaposition. His experience was the main window for our family into any kind of social consciousness, or sense of history, or politics, even though a lot of it went unsaid.” KindDifferentGuyBrainConsciousnessWindowMy FamilyOur FamilySurvivorHolocaustGrandfatherCrushedMy GrandfatherDichotomy Author:Jonathan Raymond
“My family have always supported my rap - and they know I love them when I rap about them - but I'm just Michael Jackson to them. They care more about me. I express my love for them in a much more personal way on this record. It's about our conversations; my fear, and their advice. I know my sisters are gonna hear "Willie Burke Sherwood", which is named for my grandfather, and cry. I used to do music for me, because my ego needed it, but now I'm doing music for my family and friends who helped me become a rapper.” CareAdviceCryEgoMy FamilyRapMy SisterRapperGrandfatherFamily And FriendsMy Grandfather Author:Killer Mike
“The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the Marine Corps. Both of my grandfathers served in WWII. There weren't any career soldiers in my family, but when I was young it seemed like a way of arriving at adulthood.” WayHas BeensYoungFatherCareersRolesMilitaryModelsMy FamilyArmyMalesSoldierRole ModelsGrandfatherAdulthoodUnclesMarineMy GrandfatherWwiiArrivingMarine CorpsMale Role Models Author:Kevin Powers