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My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and... CHRIS WARE My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends...
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I grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas... raised by my grandmother. We were very poor and had no indoor plu... ALANA STEWART My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on...
DAN JENKINS The distribution might which Penguin brought to the table and the stature they gave me as an author ...
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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, h... JILL SCOTT My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.
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My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'... EMILY LEVINE
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an inner strength that my parents gave me, especially my mother. LIZA MINNELLI
My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at ... BOBBY KNIGHT I’ve always thought the best songs come though us not from us…. They gave me life, they gave me ...
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Do you know what you’ve done?” I asked in a bland tone. Annette gave mean inquiring look. ...
JEANIENE FROST I have an oval-shaped scar on the knuckle of my right index finger from crashing my hand through a l...
PETER LERANGIS I hopefully will make it to the oval this evening to cheer on my teammates.
CHRIS WITTY I'm just the product of my grandmother telling me for years she would see my name on the spines of b...
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My mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings when I was 13. It symbolised becoming a teenager. I als... ERIN WASSON
My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree o... BRIAN ACTON
Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What end... HUNTER HAYES My grandmother always told me: beauty fades but dumb is forever.
JUDGE JUDY SHEINDLIN For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.
KARA SWISHER My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap. AARON NEVILLE
My professional persona never loosens its grip, keeping an eye on me at all times. AGNETHA FALTSKOG
I was raised in a group home for 14 years, so I was a beneficiary of philanthropy. I didn't have... DARELL HAMMOND I was down at the Oval on Friday and I said if you want to come and see me, then fine.
RICHARD CABORN
I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, and they g... CRAIG T. NELSON Russia's proposal to enrich uranium on its territory remains on the negotiating table.
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I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying t... OPRAH WINFREY Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Usi...
JULES CARLYSLE The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and wo...
FRANK GEHRY My grandmother Izzy taught me to balance her checkbook when I was 6 years old. She would sign the ch...
MARY CALLAHAN ERDOES I'm very close with him. His grandmother is like my grandmother. They took me in. It's always compet...
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I always say snowboarding saved my life. It gave me a reason to focus on the future; it gave me some... AMY PURDY I am alive and well, food on my table , shoes on my feet, a roof over my head? Family's good, God wi...
ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE The board of education put its best offer on the table tonight.
BILL NOLAN My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who...
VICTORIA CLARK In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project ga...
GABRIELLE UNION Tommy gave me my first chance on stage. And I won't forget it.
FRANKIE VALLI
My mother was a Bloomsbury figure: a great friend of TS Eliot, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell. My grandm... JACOB ROTHSCHILD They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a co... BOB BEAMON I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition,...
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER I was a total stranger to him, and he let me sit down at his table and we talked for an hour, ... I ...
STEPHAN PASTIS It gave me discipline, it gave me passion for having the rest of my life.
JAMES WILSON
My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run. CAROL BURNETT He gave me two minutes more with my son. He's an angel. He breathed life into him.
JOANNE SANABRIA
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my mater... MONICA BELLUCCI My mom gave me off.
ALYSSA O'CONNELL He gave me my push.
LOU WHITAKER My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had n...
ALAN GARNER
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. EMMA GOLDMAN Pain gave me the desire to die; tears gave me the weakness to thrive; anger gave me the will to defe...
DEBORAH SIMPSON My great grandfather was a liberal Neanderthal. My great grandmother was a blind philocalist. Which ...
YAMIN RASHEED My father gave me these hints on speech-making: "Be sincere... be brief... be seated."
JAMES ROOSEVELT
An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool... JACQUES PREVERT
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World ... LEONARDO DICAPRIO
Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy... ALEXANDRA STODDARD
On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting ups... DEBI MAZAR
At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that. HOWARD SCHULTZ
One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few y... GEORGINA CHAPMAN
My grandmother was about 4'8 DEBBIE REYNOLDS My mother gave me the foundation.
ERNESTINE POTTS My grandmother was musically gifted, and Annie recognized that gift. My grandmother did the same for...
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I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done... CAROL BURNETT
They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they exami... JOE E. LEWIS
Tintin comics evoke Bermuda, where my parents doled out comics for good behavior and my grandmother ... ROSECRANS BALDWIN
For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you. GAYLE FORMAN The Russian plan is still on the table but the ground for its implementation should be prepared. Rus...
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When I was very little, four or five, I did comic strip drawings, so my first novel had no words. I ... JOYCE CAROL OATES
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. EMMA GOLDMAN
My grandmother and my mom and my aunt Aurelia, my grandmother Juanita, my mom Lucia - we lived on th... JUAN FELIPE HERRERA My players gave me a great birthday.
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the only name my parents gave me. PAT MORITA I asked God for a flower he gave me a garden. I asked for a tree he gave me a forest. I asked for a ...
OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN
It's an honor to be on the same network that gave us 'The Sopranos,' ... They made me an offer I cou... RICKY GERVAIS
My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes. ZACH ANNER My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.
ANGIE THOMAS He raped and killed my grandmother and spent 12 and a half years on the run.
LAURA CAMPBELL I'd love to own a bakery at some point. My grandmother could help me run it - she is an amazing ...
JORDIN SPARKS I've told everybody I'll keep an open mind. I'm happy with NBC, NBC is happy with me. They've offere...
JOE SCARBOROUGH My son gave me the permission to accept my success.
GARY BURGHOFF
I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things. STANA KATIC
I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
Walk in there. Tip my hat. Lay my money down on the table. Get my deed and walk on out. This time I ... AUGUST WILSON
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me... SAMMY DAVIS, JR. I leave the kitchen table to bathe, and to dress for church. If only my closet held on its shelves a...
TIM CUMMINGS With some deals already on the table and others supposedly on the table, food company managers sudde...
JAINE MEHRING They remember me as this shy girl sitting under the table. But they obviously didn't know what was g...
IZABELLA SCORUPCO
They gave it me . . . for an un-birthday present. LEWIS CARROLL I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my fath...
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ I got the job on my own. They gave me the knowledge to be successful in the industry.
BRIAN DALY I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
CARLENE CARTER
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. GUSTAV MAHLER
My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creat... GIADA DE LAURENTIIS I always thought it was an old person's disease. My grandmother had both eyes done, so maybe it was ...
TODD WHITE
My doctor gave me six months to live but when I couldn't pay the bill, he gave me six months more. WALTER MATTHAU
