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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about a small town is that there are people who just remember me as a musician, as a high school football player.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm listening to Spotify all the time and pulling in different things. I might find an artist or a song that I like, and I'll pull that into playlists, and then you'll find related artists. But I like an album as a nostalgic thing; I remember buying albums and getting into the whole thing.
- I Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the very first suit I bought. It was a three-piece denim suit with bell-bottoms.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember doing my first coaching sessions at Macclesfield, when I was still playing, and I was just terrible. I felt really uncomfortable standing in front of people, and it felt very odd. It was not something I was naturally comfortable with at all.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to eat lunch with the teachers at school. I just remember that kids would put their legs on the seats next to them so that I wouldn't have a place to sit.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember I asked my mom for a ukulele, and she said no because she thought I would never play it. So then I got my birthday money up, and I bought my own. It was the most rebellious thing I've ever done.
- Remember When
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, I can't remember when I was not writing.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I've always been very pro-African-American - or whatever phrase we now use.
- Henry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then.
- Clear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the difficulty we had in the beginning replacing magnetic cores in memories and eventually we had both cost and performance advantages. But it wasn't at all clear in the beginning.
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- Nov 07, 2020