- People
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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
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.
- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember early on, in my very, very early days, I had a makeup artist tell me that I needed to get an attitude. I had no idea what he was talking about.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember what I was like as a teenager, with an enormous amount of energy and hormones. You have to be able to release it, and dancing is really an innocent way.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in Spain, I remember United being eight points ahead of City with only six games but they still lost that title. So in the Premier League, anything can happen. You never know because anything can happen whether you are in front or behind the opponent.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in college, I remember shooting stupid videos with my friends. It would be us going around town in capes pretending we were superheroes.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were kids, I remember we'd use lemon in our hair and go into the sun, hoping it would make us blond. Obviously, I have very dark hair and olive skin, and when I was a kid, I wanted to be blond, of course. It never worked.
- Democratically
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here is the most important thing for us all to remember, for the sake of our common sanity and safety: In America, the right to vote and democratically elect a president is just as precious and valued as the right to protest and express yourself against that president.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you think America is great, remember that every person telling you otherwise may carry a clue to making it greater.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020