- Phone
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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised on gospel. I remember hip-hop and rock music were secular, so basically, for my first ten years living in Detroit, I was on gospel. But when I moved to Houston, that's when I got to open up my musical horizons.
- Cancers
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- Nov 07, 2020
But do remember that the most important risk factor for cancer is growing older. Most cancers occur in people over the age of 65.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I completely remember the horror I felt when my pits started getting hairy. I would walk with my arms pressed against my sides.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, after the Pamela Anderson roast, being told, 'You're sold out - you can add two more shows.'
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.
- Deliberately
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that our Spanish conquerors, for their own benefit, deliberately created an oppressed underclass whose collective psyche became rooted in passivity and underachievement.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats.
- Nov 07, 2020
You always remember the delicacy of the work you do on a new play - the delicacy and the rigor and the courage.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020