“My grandmother used to say life was so much easier when you were simple-minded. It’s taken me almost my whole life to… — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes,… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
Wouldn't you say that most of us are a reflection of or a reaction to the people who have been closest to… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
So I started to relax and would work on my act eight hours a day, sitting at a desk writing at my… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
My grandmother lives on a farm. And growing up, I assumed that the animals that I was eating and the animals that… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
My grandmother instilled in me two important lessons: I was just as good as anyone else, and education was my salvation. Fortunately,… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a single mother. My mother's a single mother, and I have four daughters. I've experienced firsthand the challenges of… — Richelieu Dennis Copy Share Image
“There have been times," Father Mark admitted, "when I feared that God would turn out to be like my maternal grandmother [...]… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“Willa had always thought her grandmother was sweet, but she'd been one of those people with invisible thorns, preventing others from getting… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
With the discovery of Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge in 1959, my grandmother Mary Leakey pioneered the research in East Africa with my… — Louise Leakey Copy Share Image
Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother.… — Warsan Shire Copy Share Image
Cassandra wondered at the mind's cruel ability to toss up flecks of the past. Why, as she neared her life's end, her… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“I briefly considered getting a cat, but then decided against it because I didn’t want to be one of those people. You… — T.J. Klune Copy Share Image
I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
My grandmother was the matriarch. If you didn't have a place to stay, if you needed food, if you were just coming… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Had I not had my grandmother, who dared to be my rainbow in the clouds, I would have been just another sexually… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you… — Marian Seldes Copy Share Image
Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
“my grandmother has given me her own version of the precious gift: the most precious gift any teenager coul ask for: MY… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
I've been brought up in a very strong female-oriented household with my mother, grandmother and grandaunt around me. They were working women,… — Esha Deol Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India,… — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
I definitely want to be a doting grandmother. I love babies. My colleagues will tell you if I'm in an arena and… — Doris Burke Copy Share Image
I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It's so natural for a woman to… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
My grandmother, if she were still alive, she'd be very proud that I held through and did a film in Korean and… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
My grandmother was this amazing woman in the Dominican Republic who used to read tea leaves and palms. She would cure people… — Selenis Leyva Copy Share Image
My earliest memories are listening to my Grandmother playing the piano at our house as I jumped up and down on the… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me… — Joe Gibbs Copy Share Image
Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
My grandmother told me a long time ago, 'I don't care if you're sweeping a porch for a living.' She said, 'You… — Tori Bowie Copy Share Image
“Take a few minutes." "No. He's already had more of my time than he was entitled to." Yes, he thought as she… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I talk about my grandmother a lot, because she's an amazing person - not in some dramatic, distinct, unique way, but anybody… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've always talked to people about my grandmother, who is really into technology and has been on Twitter since 2006. It's unreal… — iJustine Copy Share Image
I did not have any problem with speaking up because my mother, my family, my grandmother, my aunt - I grew up… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I was raised going to the movies with my grandmother as a kid. And then I'd come home, and my best friend… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
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