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Letter "G" » grandfathers
«The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.»
Author: Bern Williams
| Keywords:
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«You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.»
«The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act young and everlastingly harp on the fact that they are young, but who nevertheless think and act with a degree of caution that would be excessive in their grandfathers, are the curse of the world. Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.»
Author: Robertson Davies
(Author, Journalist)
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«You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| About:
Doing Your Best,
Growing up
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grandfather, grandfathers, tall
«When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice.»
Author: Stephen Wright
(Actor, Writer)
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