#grand

After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine what it would have been like to be my grandmother. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#after #away #been #could #felt

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#i #mighty #proud

My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. ↗

— Rand Paul

#american dream #came #country #dream #great-grandfather

Portugal is a high hill with a white watch tower on it flying signal flags. It is apparently inhabited by one man who lives in a long row of yellow houses with red roofs, and populated by sheep who do grand acts of balancing on the side of the hill. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#apparently #balancing #flags #flying #grand

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. ↗

— Patti Smith

#china #cup #drink #english #father

We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

#been #british #doing #fact #good

I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me. ↗

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

#dad #fine #get #grandchildren #i

My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#get #grandmother #how #i #identify

All grand thoughts come from the heart. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#grand #heart #thoughts

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines. ↗

— Christian Lacroix

#clothes #experienced #grandparents #i #looking