My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple's double - she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.
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GLORIA VANDERBILT Mama grizzlies mate later than other bears. They have two cubs instead of four. They wait four years... GLORIA STEINEM I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We... GLORIA STEINEM Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person. GLORIA STEINEM Comprehensive climate legislation must be passed so that we can ensure a world where this and future... GLORIA REUBEN You're always the person you were when you were born," she says impatiently. "You just keep finding ... GLORIA STEINEM I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again. GLORIA SWANSON To say 'radical feminist' is only a way of indicating that I believe the sexual caste system... GLORIA STEINEM The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him
so completely that he loses all p... GLORIA SWANSON I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages.
You can't divorce a book. GLORIA SWANSON Prayer does not cause faith to work, faith causes prayer to work. GLORIA COPELAND I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation. GLORIA ARROYO There are no more seditious rallies going on now, and many of the coup plotters have been arrested, GLORIA ARROYO There is absolutely no justification for the actions you have taken, ... You have already defamed th... GLORIA ARROYO I hope that this will soon pass not only in the House but also the Senate, GLORIA ARROYO [One protest leader, Renato Reyes, said that a] people power ... September storm if the impeachment ... GLORIA ARROYO I made a decision to bring our troops home a few days early in order to spare the life of Angelo. I ... GLORIA ARROYO One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as p... GLORIA ARROYO I'm happy to announce that our long national vigil involving Angel [de] la Cruz is over. I thank the... GLORIA ARROYO The new Bali attacks after the London attacks show the resiliency of terrorists to strike targets wh... GLORIA ARROYO History will mark its day of sadness when a great liberator of the Filipino people and a champion of... GLORIA ARROYO Amber in good faith always believed that Mr. Flores was her child's father. GLORIA ALLRED Gwen was not there to deceive anyone. She had the right to live honestly. GLORIA ALLRED Moe was like their child in many ways, GLORIA ALLRED He still loves Moe, GLORIA ALLRED We recognize that Ms. Love has a serious problem with substance abuse, but that does not excuse or j... GLORIA ALLRED We think it is time for Ms. Love to take full financial responsibility for her assault on Ms. King, GLORIA ALLRED