"In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over."
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"You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he's 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you're back to 1820 already. For an American that's pretty damned good, you know?"
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"My grandfather told me that I should have a series of headshots, one with a tennis racket, one dressed as a naval officer, and one dressed as a cheeky chappie. He said, "If you have those headshots, the world is your oyster.""
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"My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black."
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"I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced."
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"My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting up that's the real trick." I couldn't agree more."
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"In the vernacular of my grandfather, 'I does not care.'"
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"I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep."
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"If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company."
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"All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white."
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"I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were stage actors. I think indirectly I wanted to do it because of them. My grandfather would tell me stories about Tennessee Williams and actors he worked with in New York. He had such a respect for acting and such a love for storytelling about that world. I grew up hearing him tell tales of it.They were never encouraging me or discouraging me to take part. They were always feeding me with theater."
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