- Must
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be still; quietly remember the presence of and within yourself, and you will know, without thinking, that while all around you everything changes, within you lives something unchanging.
- Model
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose I built my share of model airplanes, but I can't remember that I was a flying fanatic.
- Decorated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Driving through Dresden, I still remember the many palaces, happily decorated with cherubs and other symbols of the baroque era. The city made an indelible impression on me.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was writing 'The Tin Drum,' I had the totally misguided idea of giving Oskar Matzerath a sister, and he just wouldn't have it. There was no space for a sister, yet I had the character of the sister in my head. In fact I used her in later novels, in 'Cat and Mouse' and 'Dog Years,' Tulla Pokriski.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm struck by things, I want to hear more and find out more. I remember when Lana Del Rey was on 'SNL,' this supposedly disastrous performance. She's doing this pretentious torch song, and I thought, 'I don't know what she's doing, but it's really moving me.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020