Oprah Winfrey

I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.

American Entertainer

Adele

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

English Singer

Al Pacino

My grandmother always came to my shows. She was always concerned about the way I dressed - even later on, when I was well known and I supported her.

American Actor

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.

American Boxer

Jimmy Cliff

My most important relationships were with my father and grandmother.

Jamaican Musician

Prince William

I always remember having a healthy respect for my grandmother.

British Royalty

Shannon Sharpe

My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom's three.

American Athlete

Lamar Odom

My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.

Phoebe Dynevor

My grandma worked her whole life as a single mother.

English Actress

Jan Karon

American Writer

The word emphasizes a close familial relationship and affection.

Family Bond

In many cultures, 'grandmother' conveys deep respect and wisdom.

Cultural Respect

'Grandmother' is specifically female; the male equivalent is 'grandfather'.

Gender Specific

Used to imply that an elderly woman has a nurturing, grandmotherly role in a community.

Metaphorical Use

'Grandmother' can imply someone is of an advanced age, often used respectfully.

Age Implications

Describes a woman who acts as a caring and guiding figure to others, not necessarily family.

Community Figure

 I've got to go see my grandmother in the afternoon, and so you probably don't want to bother with that." I said, "It would be an honor to meet your grandmother." I asked for what I wanted. I asked for access that nobody else had because this is what makes a photographer sort of greater, to have a picture that somebody else doesn't have.

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 messages to the to the children and the young generations it really is what a fantastic experience that was at such a young age as well especially from your grandma so lovely now i think you've sent us some footage of your backyard that's what we're calling it of some penguins in action now of course as you said it's

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 no grandma this is not i'm different than that and then all of a sudden that really hit her and then started to watch what's going on and she really realizes that that's what she has it was months later that she came in to me and she said dad i want you to know i

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 Now back to the ladies here. In a core family group you'll have a mother, maybe even a grandmother, her daughters and all of their offspring, the male and female calves. And what's very interesting here is that how character makes a difference.

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 women and actually want to have this conversation I come from a long line of strong women my paternal grandmother was a teacher a furious smoker a fast Walker and a supporter of a soccer team that most of her children detested my

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 That was his biggest fear. I said, "She'll be happy. She'll ring you up on the mobile." She went like a grandmother and came back like a tiger. She walked out of the plane and spoke to the whole press as if she was a veteran.

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 So I set up a rehabilitation center in that same colony to help penguins. My grandmother and the penguins, they are unafraid of challenges, you know,

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 sperm whale families may contain several generations of daughters with their babies overseen by a wise old grandmother

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 dive deep so this babysitter has stayed at the surface it could be mum an aunt or even grandma

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