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Grandparents Quotes

I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers’ grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside Picture Quote #1

My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother is gentle and poised Picture Quote #1

My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family’s possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan Picture Quote #1

I’m really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears Picture Quote #1

The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity Picture Quote #1

I was homeschooled on the road for kindergarten, then went to elementary school and a private Christian school while living with my grandparents until I graduated, and I loved it. But my parents were gone a lot Picture Quote #1

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I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive Picture Quote #1

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother’s roast turkey Picture Quote #1

I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing was, ‘Go to college, go to college, go to college.’ Picture Quote #1

I love Topsail Island, which my grandparents helped settle in 1950, despite the racial tensions. I wanted to immortalize my deep connection to this special island forever Picture Quote #1

I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had a set of bunk beds Picture Quote #1

I really look up to writers who are able to write compressed, single-scene stories, where everything happens in a kitchen. But I just can’t think that way. For me it would be impossible to write a story where I didn’t know what someone’s parents did and what their grandparents did and who they used to date Picture Quote #1

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The first time I died, I didn’t see God. No light at the end of the tunnel. No haloed angels. No dead grandparents. To be fair, I probably wasn’t a solid shoo-in for Heaven. But, honestly, I kind of assumed I’d make the cut Picture Quote #1

He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he’s been endowed with abilities to go into people’s heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he’s making it up Picture Quote #1

I took the ‘Lee’ from my grandparents, who took care of me during the day while my mom was away working Picture Quote #1

My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York Picture Quote #1

My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I’d heard all the stories Picture Quote #1

Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with the children and are really fond of them. There are also times when children need to be left alone to learn to be independent and to encourage their imaginary friends Picture Quote #1

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My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn’t remember one conversation I had with them about religion Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What I look for in a project or partner is integrity and character; I love the concept of family entertainment and crosses over the generations, where you can sit kids with their grandparents and everyone has a good time. Those are the qualities that I want to bring to viewers Picture Quote #1

My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service Picture Quote #1

I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use it Picture Quote #1

Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don’t see each other that often Picture Quote #1

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I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of wisdom that my dad and my grandparents and my uncle have been able to impart on me, and what I’ve treasured the most is I’ve seen examples in my life of people embracing their creativity, not feeling insecure about their artistic inclinations Picture Quote #1

Migration is the story of my life: my parents and grandparents journeyed across four continents to flee war and find jobs, eventually finding their way to the U.S Picture Quote #1

I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it’s the greatest country in the world Picture Quote #1

I was raised by my grandparents, who had a little general store. My grandmother, Marion Dunham Bowman, was a graduate of Albany Law School. Although she never did practice law, she kept the house filled with books. It’s because of her that I was always reading Picture Quote #1

When you hear about people in the 50s getting married at 20, you’re like, What were they thinking? My grandparents were together for over 50 years Picture Quote #1

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I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers’ grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside. (Grandparents Quotes) My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother is gentle and poised. (Grandparents Quotes) My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family’s possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan. (Grandparents Quotes) I’m really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears. (Grandparents Quotes) The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity. (Grandparents Quotes) I was homeschooled on the road for kindergarten, then went to elementary school and a private Christian school while living with my grandparents until I graduated, and I loved it. But my parents were gone a lot. (Grandparents Quotes) I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There were three brothers in the family. One was Orthodox Christian. The other two took Islam to survive. (Grandparents Quotes) Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother’s roast turkey. (Grandparents Quotes) I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing was, ‘Go to college, go to college, go to college.’ (Grandparents Quotes) I love Topsail Island, which my grandparents helped settle in 1950, despite the racial tensions. I wanted to immortalize my deep connection to this special island forever. (Grandparents Quotes) I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had a set of bunk beds. (Grandparents Quotes) I really look up to writers who are able to write compressed, single-scene stories, where everything happens in a kitchen. But I just can’t think that way. For me it would be impossible to write a story where I didn’t know what someone’s parents did and what their grandparents did and who they used to date. (Grandparents Quotes) The first time I died, I didn’t see God. No light at the end of the tunnel. No haloed angels. No dead grandparents. To be fair, I probably wasn’t a solid shoo-in for Heaven. But, honestly, I kind of assumed I’d make the cut. (Grandparents Quotes) He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he’s been endowed with abilities to go into people’s heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he’s making it up. (Grandparents Quotes) I took the ‘Lee’ from my grandparents, who took care of me during the day while my mom was away working. (Grandparents Quotes) My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York. (Grandparents Quotes) My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I’d heard all the stories. (Grandparents Quotes) Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with the children and are really fond of them. There are also times when children need to be left alone to learn to be independent and to encourage their imaginary friends. (Grandparents Quotes) My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn’t remember one conversation I had with them about religion. (Grandparents Quotes) 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. (Grandparents Quotes) What I look for in a project or partner is integrity and character; I love the concept of family entertainment and crosses over the generations, where you can sit kids with their grandparents and everyone has a good time. Those are the qualities that I want to bring to viewers. (Grandparents Quotes) My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service. (Grandparents Quotes) I say homes are for families, and you have to make sure you design for the family, not just one person: kids, your wife, your grandparents need to be able to use it. (Grandparents Quotes) Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don’t see each other that often. (Grandparents Quotes) I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree. (Grandparents Quotes) There’s a lot of wisdom that my dad and my grandparents and my uncle have been able to impart on me, and what I’ve treasured the most is I’ve seen examples in my life of people embracing their creativity, not feeling insecure about their artistic inclinations. (Grandparents Quotes) Migration is the story of my life: my parents and grandparents journeyed across four continents to flee war and find jobs, eventually finding their way to the U.S. (Grandparents Quotes) I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it’s the greatest country in the world. (Grandparents Quotes) I was raised by my grandparents, who had a little general store. My grandmother, Marion Dunham Bowman, was a graduate of Albany Law School. Although she never did practice law, she kept the house filled with books. It’s because of her that I was always reading. (Grandparents Quotes) When you hear about people in the 50s getting married at 20, you’re like, What were they thinking? My grandparents were together for over 50 years. (Grandparents Quotes)

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