- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grandmothers Quotes
The quiet influence of a grandmother.
These grandmothers quotes recall pianos learned by ear from a grandmother's example and the quiet influence grandmothers carry through early Family life, long before it's fully understood.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Deploy
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- Nov 07, 2020
These days, it's often women in uniform - moms, wives, even grandmothers - who deploy and leave their families behind.
- Early Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my case, both my grandmothers made a huge impact on my early childhood days. But, as I grew older, people rarely made an impact or influenced me.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn't want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment.
- Heaven
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- Nov 07, 2020
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father ran an insurance company, but he passed away when I was 8. My mother was an economist working for the government of Liberia. But both my grandmothers were entrepreneurs in rural West Africa.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmothers on both sides chose not to go to doctors and passed away. We were entrenched in the Christian Science faith.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely inherited a lot of from both my grandmothers and from my mother. I wear a lot of pieces that used to belong to other people.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many clean words to say, my grandmothers were strong.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.
- Cancer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away.
- Necessary
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales', they don't necessary think of chairs.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers - we should look at what young people are saying to us.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire family. My first grandmother passed away from bone cancer when I was about 10. It was really horrible. I remember the whole process like it was yesterday.
- Grandfathers
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are now grandmothers and grandfathers coming to see us because they are of that age, they grew up in the '50s and '60s and they bring their sons and their daughters to hear the songs they heard when they were young.
- Gas Chambers
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's in the history books, the Holocaust. It's just a phrase. And the truth is it happened yesterday. It happened to my mother. I never met my grandmothers or my grandfathers. They were all wiped up in the gas chambers of Nazi Germany.
- Beautiful Places
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- Nov 07, 2020