My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a businessman and politician. I was actually raised by my grandfather.

My grandfather was a Methodist preacher, and my father was an unsuccessful businessman. We didn't have status or wealth.

"At times you can look at a picture of a Father or a Grandfather who has passed on, knowing they are smiling back, with you feeling their love." ~ Tom Baker

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr.

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.

Where the foreign exchange is not available, we are cutting down our operations. For example, we had a vegetable oil refinery; we have shut it down. We had a tomato-based processing plant; we have shut it down.