# Quote — John Brunner, Timescoop

> I don’t usually talk much about this, Chester, because my grandfather dinned it into me as a child that it doesn’t make any difference who you’re descended from unless you can do something yourself to match what your ancestors did to gain their own notoriety.

- Author: [John Brunner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner.md)
- Book: [Timescoop](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop.md)
- Page: 18
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Brunner#Timescoop_(1969)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop/i-dont-usually

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