Grandmother Quotes - Page 23

• The thing that always attracted me to New York was the sense of being in a place where a lot of people had a lot of stories not unlike mine,' Rushdie says. 'Everybody comes from somewhere else. Everyone's got a Polish grandmother, some kind of metamorphosis in their family circumstances. That's a very big thing - the experience of not living where you started.

  Salman Rushdie

  New York, Somewhere Else, People

  "Manhattan transfer". Interview with D.T. Max, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2000.

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• My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.

  Salman Rushdie

  Fierce, My Grandmother, Wide

  "How to Understand Kashmir and Survive the Jihadis: An Interview with Sir Salman Rushdie". Interview with Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 8, 2009.

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• I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She made a lot of potato meals - mashed potato, potato souffle, potato pancakes. When we didn't have electricity we ate romantically, by candlelight.

  Jill Scott

  Mother, Children, Home

  "Jill Scott: 'In Botswana I ate wopani worms. They were terrible. They crawl and have legs'". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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• My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who wore the same thing. Every time I hung out with her, I could only think of my recently deceased grandmother. So sometimes a signature scent can be good and sometimes it can be bad.

  Mark Ronson

  Girl, Thinking, Signatures

  "Mark Ronson's Scent Manifesto". Interview with Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. Mark Ronson's Scent Manifesto.

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• My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.

  Jill Scott

  Mean, Debt, Conscious

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• It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters, we're the little sisters, we're the daughters. You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more.

  Ann Romney

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Mom

  Ann Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 28, 2012.

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• Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.

  Hunter Hayes

  Growing Up, Louisiana, Heritage

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• My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.

  Hunter Hayes

  Growing Up, Louisiana, Heritage

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• My grandmother was energetic and fearless - a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care of the people in her hacienda in Mexico, delivering babies. She could have become anything, but this was the 1930s, and she was forced into an arranged marriage.

  Salma Hayek

  Baby, Medicine, People

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• Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.

  Al Franken

  Children, Focus, Bears

  "As a comic, Al Franken joked about rape, sex robots and Afghan women" by Jake Nevins, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2017.

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• I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

  Romany Malco

  Film, Theater

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• My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went all straight and I looked like a black Bee Gee.

  Jamie Foxx

  Hair, Black, Trying

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• I went to college on a classical piano scholarship. My grandmother made me practice one full hour a day. Every day. Man. I thought all she wanted was for me not to have any fun. Next thing you know, you have a career in music. Now, not everybody's going to go on and be Mozart or Michael Jackson. But music makes you smarter.

  Jamie Foxx

  Fun, College, Men

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• The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

  Jill Scott

  Art, Growing Up, Silver Platter

  "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

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• I would say my grandmother would be like my personal god.

  Jamie Foxx

  Would Be, My Grandmother

  "Jamie Foxx Interview - THE SOLOIST". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 23, 2009.

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• I seriously love to cook ... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid, I used to help her make handmade pasta, cavatelli and ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

  Bradley Cooper

  Kids, Ideas, Pasta

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me.

  Marc Jacobs

  My Grandmother, Stable

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• It follows that if you are not a mother you are not a grandmother. Your life has become unpunctuated, whereas the lives of other women around you have these distinct phases.

  Hilary Mantel

  Mother, Phases, Lives Of Others

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• I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about their memories.

  Hilary Mantel

  Children, Memories, People

  "Mantel Takes Up Betrayal, Beheadings In 'Bodies'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 26, 2012.

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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

  Cancer, Thinking, Way

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• 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.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Cancer, Two, Yesterday

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• I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of my grandmother and of all old story-telling women!

  Isak Dinesen

  People, Looks, Stories

  Isak Dinesen (2011). “Last Tales”, p.109, Vintage

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• My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, 'My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.'

  Marc Jacobs

  People, Next, Butchers

  "Marc Jacobs Interview: Fashion Designer Muses On His Teenage Years And Early Days In The Industry". Interview with Julia Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2013.

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• I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.

  Elton John

  Beautiful, Weed, Hate

  "Elton John Interview GNOMEO AND JULIET". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.

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• My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.

  Quincy Jones

  Security Systems, Doors, Nails

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