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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
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I was two or three years old, I remember always being with the ball. I would see kids playing on the street, and would join them.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked in Dad's stores, moving boxes - I remember quite well one stockroom that was upstairs - sweeping floors, laying tile. I also had paper routes.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you play for your country, you remember all your performances, starting from the Under-19 days.
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't sprinkle sprinkles on. I lose control when I have sprinkles. I'm shaky. I still remember the great sprinkle accident of 1982.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kind of remember when I was young, I used to hang out with my dad sometimes. And I can remember just following him in and out of these domestic situations. Going to the grocery store, we'd go pick up my other brother, or we'd go here, go there.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, I don't look as Latin as I am. I get called a white guy a lot, but I am very proud of my heritage. I try my hardest to bring honor to my Mexican roots. Latin people are very passionate and loyal, and I will always remember who I am and where I come from.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe all teenagers feel like they don't fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being bullied for being Asian.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were air raids at night. The factory was dark and dirty. And I remember thinking - well - I must find somebody or something because like this I cannot go on.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020