- Outfit
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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 having a Mike Tyson T-shirt back in the day that I used to sleep in. And there some things that Tyson did along the way that I wasn't too psyched to associate myself with. But back in the day, just as a fighter, what a dream that was to watch and root for him.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was seven, my mom took my twin sister and me to a play. I remember being fascinated about life onstage.
- Funny Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my guidance counselor, when I told her I wanted to apply to Harvard, she paused and said, 'That's in New York, right?' The funny thing is, I didn't really know. It was a few weeks before I was like, 'No, I think it's in Massachusetts.'
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The important thing to remember with the Internet is that there are large companies that have an interest in controlling how information flows in it. They're very effective at lobbying Congress, and that pattern has locked down other communication media in the past. And it will happen again unless we do something about it.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the ages of five to twelve, I attended the Saint Laurence O'Toole elementary school in Lawrence, a city next to Methuen, and was taught by sisters of the Catholic order of Notre Dame de Namour. I enjoyed all my subjects there. I do not remember ever learning any science, except for mathematics.
- Nov 07, 2020
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was younger. Dad's agent came round, and I asked if she would represent me. She didn't represent children at the time, but I wouldn't let her leave the house until she agreed. I've always been quite headstrong.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping that ABBA would be writing the music, which I thought was a pretty wild idea because they were obviously known very much as pop writers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read everything, but particularly, growing up in a household where my mom was black and my dad was white, I remember really loving 'Ebony' and 'Essence.' Those magazines were the only place where I could see images of women who looked like me or my mom.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.
- Nov 07, 2020
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember being, like, 4 and 5 and playing in my mom's closet. But also asking questions like 'Who's this?' and 'What's that?,' and my mom explaining to me, 'This is a Chanel and this is a Versace.'
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, as a kid, when any woman/girl came close to my dad to get his autograph, I would throw a complete tantrum - yell shout and sometimes even fight!
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Arik Sharon - I remember his courage and inspiration. I want to remember him the way he really was, not as an aging 80-year-old man living in bed helpless and unconscious.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020