- Disoriented
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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
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just the same as everyone - I can remember, growing up, watching the World Cup.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to go to see the careers woman at school, and when she asked me what I wanted to do after school, I told her flat: 'I want to be a professional footballer.' I can remember her being silent for a few seconds, just looking at me.
- Thank You
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember being told by my very first photographer that if I lost weight, and I was a skinny model, it would do wonders for my career. My mum got really defensive - 'I don't think we will be doing that, thank you so much, goodbye.'
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my first acting class: I was like, 'That's it.' If I know that I want to do something then I'm going to do it and there's no stopping me, whether it's if I want to take a movie part or don't, or eat sushi for lunch or don't. There's always a very clear goal. Once I figure out what I want that's it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember getting this scrapbook that this girl made, that I actually gave to my mom to hold onto because she has a 'Twilight' shrine in their house in Florida. It was just this scrapbook of me, starting with 'Twilight,' and the whole progression of me and my career throughout that, and other stuff that I had done in between.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm usually pretty good about meeting people. I try to remember they are human, too!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember one time I went to Craigslist to find something; that's how bad I wanted it. It was a pair of Raf Simons - this was like 2010. But Raf said he was going to make them for me.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
I prefer selective memories. Some songs and some co-workers are all that I want to remember, as memories are not always so pleasant.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But while we bend, we don't break. This is no dark hour; this is the dawn before we remember who we are.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long afterward, many would remember those two days in the first week of October with vividness and anguish.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is.
- Snow
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- Nov 07, 2020