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title: "7 Grandmother Great Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [My grandmother was not a great storyteller.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sean-greer/my-grandmother-was-not-a-great-storyteller/)

[Andrew Sean Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sean-greer/)

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> [I see myself being a great-grandmother at my great-grandson's graduation from a school that has my name on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/i-see-myself-being-a-great-grandmother-at-my-great-grandson-s/)

[Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/jill-scott-1737_graduation_i-see-myself-being-a-great-grandmother-a_471746.png)

> [My grandmother had great influence on me. She was secretary of state in the 1970's, and that's when I was born. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-grandmother-had-great-influence-on-me-she-was-secretary-of-state/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/anonymous-1_born_my-grandmother-had-great-influence-on-me_664797.jpg)

> [We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-temple/we-salute-her-for-a-life-of-remarkable-achievements-as-an-actor-as-a/)

[Shirley Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-temple/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/shirley-temple-11746_achievement_we-salute-her-for-a-life-of-remarkable-a_1378895.jpg)

> [My grandmother has a great aesthetic sense. Unfortunately I didn't inherit it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ginevra-elkann/my-grandmother-has-a-great-aesthetic-sense-unfortunately-i-didn-t/)

[Ginevra Elkann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ginevra-elkann/)

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> [It should be your parents and others in the community that you look up to. For me it was my grandmother, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linford-christie/it-should-be-your-parents-and-others-in-the-community-that-you-look/)

[Linford Christie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linford-christie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/linford-christie-15056_community_it-should-be-your-parents-and-others-in_2772695.jpg)

> [“Only on love's terrible other side is found the place where lion and lamb abide." 'What's that?" he asked sharply. "something of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/only-on-love-s-terrible-other-side-is-found-the-place-where-lion-and/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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