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Great-Grandfather Quotes

I've been following the noble profession of hermiting here for nigh on fifty-seven years, practising piety, sobriety, celibacy and the pursuit of true wisdom in the tradition of my father and grandfather and great-grandfather before me. Terry Prachett
a process of aging had taken place in him that was so rapid and critical that soon he was being treated as one of those useless great-grandfathers who wander about the bedroom like shades, dragging their feet, remembering better times aloud, and whom no one bother about or remembers really until the morning they find them dead in their bed. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From my Great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on such things a man should spend liberally. Marcus Aurelius
My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by candles. Mining was very dangerous work then. Tim Murphy
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then? David Hyde Pierce
Rand Paul quote: "My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in..."
My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. Rand Paul
Nik Wallenda quote: "My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in..."
My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. Nik Wallenda
Nik Wallenda quote: "I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather."
I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather. Nik Wallenda
Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people that loved acting. Drew Barrymore
Roy Barnes quote: "We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who..."
We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg. Roy Barnes

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