- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember Quotes
What stays with us, in the words of those who lived it.
These quotes revolve around memory in different forms: the fading magic of a childhood holiday, the messy notes an idea leaves behind, and a specific recollection tied to a major public demonstration decades ago. For more reflections on time passing and looking back, see Day quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Contestant
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember watching a 'Big Brother' contestant saying that she wanted to be a footballer's wife. I thought, 'What is the world coming to?'
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been told from school onwards that the best definition of a human being was man the tool-maker - yet I had just watched a chimp tool-maker in action. I remember that day as vividly as if it was yesterday.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
As American Jews and descendants of immigrants, we never forget where our families came from or what members of our community experienced. Because we remember, we look out for those who are freeing persecution, oppression, and danger.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my first time coming to New York City. It was 1986, and I was on a U.S. tour with a stop at Lincoln Center. It was love at first sight.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure I've been in an accident because I'm wild and crazy and go too fast, but I don't remember having an accident.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do remember the people who believed in me in the beginning. I'll never forget that.
- Will
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that your reputation is everything. You build your personal brand through everything you do, whether big actions or small decisions, and that brand will stay with you throughout your career.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a country where I remember my parents not being able to have a conversation on the phone. The walls had ears, and you couldn't speak freely.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
There wasn't much work around at the time, I think I found a bit in Germany or something, but we played together and somehow the bassist Laurie Baker got involved as well - I can't remember exactly how.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.
- Three
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every two, three years there is a movie about the Holocaust because they want you to remember and they want you to be reminded of what it was. When was the last time you seen a movie about slavery?
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love all board games, actually, apart from backgammon. I can never remember the rules.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad's name was on it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember watching the summer Olympics as a kid and knew that I wanted to be an Olympian one day. At the time, snowboarding wasn't in the Olympics, but I knew that wouldn't stop me.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020