#grandmother

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

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I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word. ↗

— Laura Linney

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So I started to relax and would work on my act eight hours a day, sitting at a desk writing at my grandmother's house, and I would put on Richard Pryor Live on Long Beach and would play it like a loop and think and write. ↗

— George Lopez

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Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

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I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it. ↗

— Sally Rand

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As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education. ↗

— Sue Kelly

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My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping. ↗

— Rita Rudner

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I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did. ↗

— Compay Segundo

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My grandmother valued even the smallest of things. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

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