"My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time."

-- Lianne La Havas

#Dad Quotes #Grandparent Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“Understanding is better than ignorance. Ignorance, unlike life, unlike narrative, is static. Understanding implies a forward motion, thus the possibility of change.”
“See you told me I would lose but I won. I might cop a million Jimmy Choos just for fun.”
“Being an art form, verse cannot be "free" in the sense of having no limitations or guiding principle.”
“There is absolutely zero chance that ObamaCare will be repealed while Democrats control the Senate and President Obama is in the White House.”
“I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for businesses, it's true for governments and it's true for people doing things in the non-profit sector.”
“On tiptoes the redhead wouldn't even reach my shoulders; she is clearly too young to be a bride. And the willowy girl is too forlorn. And I am too unwilling. Yet here we are.”
“If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house... Of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world... But if I don't peek around the tree, I'll never see her... Which means I probably AM the dumbest person in the world... which explains why I'm standing in a batch of poison oak.”
“You can take off your hats now, gentlemen, and I think perhaps you'd better.”

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