- Know
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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
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.'
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a member of the Nationalist Party for several years. I don't remember how long. Those were very dreary days, because the Nationalist Party... it's hard to describe what it was. I suppose it held on to some kind of little faith, you know? It wasn't even sure what the faith was, and it was a very despised enterprise by everybody.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember going to London with my father in 1968 to see '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I just soaked in that movie. To me, that was real; it was going to happen.
- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a great way to make some money is just fine somebody $300 if their phone rings in the theatre. That'll make them remember to turn it off.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember watching television when I was younger, and I felt like there were things TV tackled first, and then it would happen to me in real life, and I felt prepared.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After the epidemic ended in 1973, what folks tended to remember most about the skyjackers was their futility.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a little girl, I remember carrying my orange UNICEF carton with me as I went Trick-or-Treating.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stay on the road so much that my fiancee and I were talking the other night about what I wanted her to cook. I told her I don't even remember what a home-cooked meal is.
- Glow
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- Nov 07, 2020