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When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit.


Jennifer Grant

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"Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear hav...
MICHAEL GRANT I like your boyfriend," Dahra said. "Not many guys volunteer to carry ten gallons of diarrhea and vo...
MICHAEL GRANT No one vinces me, baby
MICHAEL GRANT Caine met Diana's disbelieving gaze and laughed aloud.
"Why so gloomy? Doesn't every little gir...
MICHAEL GRANT If God gives you a Quiznos, can I have a bite? No way. You have to pray for your own food.
MICHAEL GRANT It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'"
"That's great," Lana said.
"Invinc...
MICHAEL GRANT Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me te...
MICHAEL GRANT When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in...
TED GRANT I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christi...
AMY GRANT I think the part of my acting career where I've been more successful, I've been incredibly c...
HUGH GRANT I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.
GRANT ACHATZ They said a lot of things to each other that night, but nothing that involved words.
MICHAEL GRANT Dali had a good sense of humor - obviously you could tell just looking at him; he was funny.
JOE GRANT