“My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.” MadePlaySchoolMotherThreeEvilFatherSpeakWiseGoldClubsCharmGrandmotherFascinatedMonkeysMy GrandmotherLap Author:Mackenzie Phillips
“I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. He and I never discussed his parentage, which was an open secret, but it fascinated me.” MenSchoolYoungMotherCultureFatherLanguageSecretCollegeMetsYoung ManFascinatedGraduatesBusinessmanTokyoGraduate SchoolGeisha Author:Arthur Golden
“I tell ya, if I hadn't chosen the career of being a performer, I think linguistics would have been a natural area that I'd have loved - to teach it, probably, Language has always fascinated me. There's a genetic inheritance there a good language gene, which I inherited [from my mother and grandfather] and she fostered that in me as he fostered that in her.” IfsThinkingHas BeensMotherLanguageNaturalCareersTeachAreasChosenPerformersFascinatedGenesGrandfatherInheritanceLinguistics Author:George Carlin