- Nov 07, 2020
Nostalgia Quotes
A gentle ache for the years gone by.
These quotes trace nostalgia from a personal pull toward familiar films to its surprising origin as a term for deep homesickness. For related memories, browse Childhood quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Used
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
- Past
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Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past.
- Chance
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There are bands that I got into when I was 15, when I was mad at my dad and just wanted to be different. I don't think I'd give those bands half a chance now. But I hold some kind of nostalgia for them that I won't let go. Bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag.
- Genuine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always make a distinction between nostalgia and sentimentality. Nostalgia is genuine - you mourn things that actually happened.
- Creativity
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I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
- Emotional
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I think nostalgia used purely for the sake of emotional reminiscing is extremely boring.
- Me
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Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.
- Glow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look back on my schooldays with a warm glow of nostalgia.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I joke that a person of color would never make a movie like 'Midnight in Paris.' Nostalgia isn't so enticing.
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I think whatever generation you're in has a nostalgia for the generations past and the generations you weren't in.
- Dangerous Place
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I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was such an idyllic time when I grew up in Hong Kong. It was a British colony and very much geared towards buying the best of Britain. My childhood does have a huge influence on how we design. There must be a little bit of that nostalgia - childhood is so special.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020