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My grandfather James Peck was a civil rights activist. Justin Peck

Rights Civil Civil Rights James Grandfather Activist

My grandfather used to write one sentence every day in his journal: 'I love Anne more than ever today.' I think that was his meditation - keeping him in his marriage, and also his appreciation for it. It was very touching. Justin Theroux

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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut. Kangana Ranaut

Great Valley Named Come Great-Grandfather After Grandfather Near

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Cancer Uncle Gene Both Almost Died Grandfather Dad

Until I was five, my immediate family lived near my grandfather's farm where my mother had grown up and, with the exception of a few modern conveniences, had not changed a lot over the years. Kary Mullis

My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off. Kary Mullis

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My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s. Kate Williams

Old Meet Unmarried Until She Welsh Quite Grandfather Grandmother Early

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory. Katharine Cornell

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My grandfather used to be a dentist, and he made me these retainers that have vampire teeth on them. Katherine McNamara

Me Made Teeth Vampire He Dentist Them Grandfather Used

My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian. Kaya Scodelario

Mother Italian Brazilian Grandfather Her

For one year, I was Keith Mitchell Coogan on my headshots. The next year, I was just Keith Coogan. And I have gone by that ever since, maybe 1984 or 1985. That is my mother's maiden name, and it was out of reverence for my grandfather. Keith Coogan

Mother Year Gone Out Maiden Since Name Mitchell Reverence Maybe Just Grandfather Next Next Year Ever

My grandfather, Harry Ferguson, was a butcher in Hill of Beath; so even though my grandparents lived in some poverty, we got loads of beef. My grandmother, Meg, was a fine Scottish cook who did slow cooking. Kenneth Cranham

I met a Shanghai photographer who finds these old streets and matches the French names to what they are today. I was able to find my grandfather's block, and just walking the same streets and finding his house was deeply moving. I finally felt connected to China. Kevin Kwan

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I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish than that. The Scottish part of my family are from Skye, and I've always been very aware of that - always been very attracted to Scottish subject matter, I guess. Kevin Macdonald

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My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns - 99% of the time, you'll be glad you did. Kevin Macdonald

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My dad's father would take me to WWE shows when I was younger, and my other grandfather, my mom's dad, would watch wrestling with me at the house. They just really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, they both passed away before I signed with WWE. Kevin Owens

My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters. Kevin Richardson

Gospel Quartet Sisters Grandfather Grandmother Her

I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s. Kim Edwards

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I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. Kim Weston

Pressure Uncle No Pressure Felt Famous Grandfather

My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up. We were comfortable, but I didn't go to Oxbridge, and yet every American interviewer I get says to me, 'You're related to Charles II! Your grandfather was a baronet!' And it's infuriating, because that is a part of my history, but you're trying to turn me into a posh boy, and I'm not. Kit Harington

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My grandfather was extremely dark and from Puerto Rico, but his brother had blond hair and blue eyes. There are so many different shades, and I think Hollywood has yet to realize that. La La Anthony

My dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death. Laila Ali

Death Kiss Kids Excellent He Loves Them Grandfather Dad

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