# Quote — John Cooper Clarke, I Wanna Be Yours

> My paternal grandfather, George, had been a regular soldier in India until chucking-out time in 1948, and funnily enough bore an uncanny resemblance to Mahatma Gandhi (who apparently suffered from corns and bad breath, in other words a supercallousedfragilemysticplaguedwithhalitosis, as Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke almost sang).

- Author: [John Cooper Clarke](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cooper-clarke.md)
- Book: [I Wanna Be Yours](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-wanna-be-yours.md)
- Page: 6
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-cooper-clarke/i-wanna-be-yours/my-paternal-grandfather

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