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Ya-Ya
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Recurring themes
Generational Dream as Fuel, Immigrant Hunger Never Turns Off, Common Sense Over Ideology
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A few hours after I was born, my father, Andreas Catsimatidis, took me to the house of his mother, who hadn’t been well. He carried me into the bedroom and handed me to my *Ya-Ya,* which is what Greek children call thei…
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"A few hours after I was born, my father, Andreas Catsimatidis, took me to the house of his mother, who hadn’t been well. He carried me into the bedroom and handed me to my *Ya-Ya,* which is what Greek children call their grandmothers. Without a word of prompting, she said to my father, “A new Yiánni Catsimatidis is born.” That was her late husband’s name, Yiánni—Greek for John. And that night, my grandmother died. That very night. She was happy the whole day long."
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Themes
Generational Dream as FuelImmigrant Hunger Never Turns OffCommon Sense Over IdeologyNever-Done-Yet RestlessnessSmall Grocery to Sprawling Empire AcquisitionVolcano Island Origins as Identity FuelAmerica as Opportunity MachineMind Always Racing ForwardCross-Aisle Political AccessBrainpower-On-It Problem SolvingSidewalk-to-Boardroom Hustle DNA