- Mountains
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.
- Different Parts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to remember what it was like to be a kid in New York. I lived in different parts of my childhood in Manhattan on the Upper West Side, where 'When You Reach Me' is set, and also in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.
- Hallway
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn't because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read everything. I've always got a book on the go and I'm really nerdy about it, I get through books and don't remember anything about them afterwards. But I read all sorts, from classic to contemporary.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did recording sessions as a musician as well as a background vocalist and enjoyed every minute of it. I remember singing harmony with Waylon Jennings on a few songs that were hits. Chet Atkins always put me up so high that I strained to hit every note. It was a lot of fun.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just love music in general. I've been a fan of all different kinds of music since I can remember.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've often wondered, when they've done Of Mice And Men on stage, and I've seen it, how they did that gun thing. I've watched it on stage, but I don't remember it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember years ago I was an extra, just an extra, and instead of asking me to move - he was a big fella - the director just picked me up and moved me. And I headbutted him. You know, he shouldn't have done that, but I shouldn't have done that either. I just done it.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember Congressman Conyers voting against the PATRIOT Act, voting against the Iraq War when it was unpopular to. That tremendous amount of courage that comes with that kind of leadership, I mean, that's what we need.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020