- Finished Product
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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
- Fresh Air
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it's all part of making sense of who I am.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents. They loved putting it up on the wall and saying, you know, if you don't follow these rules, you could get prosecuted.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of seven, and we took a lot of road trips - long road trips. And this was before iPhones and iPads and DVD players in cars. I remember how novel it was when I got my own Walkman so I could listen to music.
- Cindy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember, our focus should remain on development because it is development alone that can transform this nation as well as the lives of its people.
- Looking Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't spend much time looking back at what happened. I do remember it, but I don't see any purpose of wanting to look back.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1997, Alain de Botton published his book 'How Proust Can Change Your Life.' I was charmed by it. I remember using it in a course on cultural criticism for a graduate class that had a mix of theorists and creative writers.
- Nov 07, 2020
I totally remember that: being 25 and unemployed and trying to stretch each cappuccino for 60 minutes.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.
- Snack
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- Nov 07, 2020