Rohini Nilekani Quotes

we all carry the Houses of our Youth inside, and our Parents, too, grown small enough to fit within our Hearts.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.

My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.

I was a Sheffield United fan from when my grandad, who's sadly passed away now, got a season ticket for me when I was four.

I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.

I recently watched that Lucie Arnaz-produced documentary [Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie, 1992] about her parents [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz], and I saw so much of my own childhood there.

I love Stoke-on-Trent, it is where Rob grew up.

I think everyone in the band has had someone that's served in their family. I wouldn't say that anybody has a military family, but both of my grandfathers were in the military.

I was practically raised with Christmas music.

I have lived in south London all my life, and my family is here.

If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had a girlfriend or even childhood friends, I had my basketball. So it's my first love.

My grandfather was a history teacher, one reason the subject has been an integral part of my life.

America has always been a special place for me, since my youth.

I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy.

I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid. I was born in New York, and my grandmother lived in Crown Heights, so there's a part of it that I feel this connection to.

All my father's stories were about our mountain, our valley, our jagged little patch of Idaho.

You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no doubt.

I used to go to Savannah all the time as a teenager, and we've got some friends down in Valdosta, so I feel like I've got a good base of support.

I spent my childhood in Delhi. I have met my wife here. I spent my life here with my parents and sister. It's been beautiful. But I have very fond memories.

I have the same blankie that I've had since childhood.

I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.

My father was a welder on the second-highest sail, so the Opera House has a special place in my heart.

I knew Roman Reigns when he used to come into the locker room with his father, holding his father's hand, barely out of diapers. And I don't say that as an ironic statement... I mean it sincerely.