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“I remember as a child scrambling among the brilliants of books or, battered with agonies, or in the spectral half-life that requires loneliness, retiring to the attic, to lie curled in a great body-molded chair in the violet-lavender light from the window. There I could study the big adze-squared beams that support the roof--see how they are mortised on into another and pined in place with oaken dowels. When it rains from rustling drip to roar on the roof, it i s a fine secure place. Then the books, tinted with light, the picture books of children grown, seeded, and gone...”

Reading Childhood Comfort

Author:John Steinbeck

Source: The Winter of our Discontent

“I remember as a child, my grandmother read to me Silent Spring. It was incomprehensible to me that there could be a world without birdsong.”

World Children Remember Spring Silent Grandmother My Grandmother Birdsong Silent Spring

Author:Terry Tempest Williams

“I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. Wed go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. I remember having twine for shoestrings.”

Sometimes Kids Remember Cold Bed Bottom Shoes Hungry Holes Milk Cornbread

Author:Buck Owens

“I remember as a kid being scared of the things that go bump in the night, but I was way more scared of adults.”

Way Kids Remember Night Adults Scared Bumps Being Scared

Author:Alex Hirsch

“I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school.”

Kids School Remember Offers Mars Public School Scholarship

Author:Edward Norton

“I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.”

Want Kids Remember House Description

Author:Sam Taylor-Wood

“I remember as a kid watching TV and seeing Mel Blanc doing his voices and Paul Winchell doing his ventriloquism and thinking, 'Those guys are having a good time. I want to do that.'”

Thinking Want Kids Remember Guy Voice Seeing Tvs Good Times Having A Good Time Watching Tv Ventriloquism Mel Blanc

Author:Jim Cummings

“I remember as a kid, I was improvising and making little trophies out of different materials and going in front of the mirror, lifting the trophies and saying 'Nole was the champion!'”

Littles Different Kids Remember Fronts Materials Mirrors Champion Tennis Lifting Trophies Improvising Motivational Tennis

Author:Novak Djokovic

“I remember as a little boy I ate one meal a day and sometimes slept in the street. I will never forget that and it inspires me to fight hard, stay strong and remember all the people of my country, trying to achieve better for themselves.”

People Trying Littles Country Sometimes Hard Remember Fighting Strong Forget Boys Streets Achieve Inspire Meals Never Forget Stay Strong Little Boys

Author:Manny Pacquiao

“I remember as a ranger the first time I stood alone on Inspiration Point over at Canyon Station looking out over this beautiful land. I thought to myself how lucky I was that my parents' and grandparents' generation had the vision and the determination to save it for us. Now it is our turn to make our own gift outright to those who will come after us, 15 years, 40 years, 100 years from now. I want to be as faithful to my grandchildren's generation as Old Faithful has been to ours. What better way can we add a new dimension to our third century of freedom?”

“I remember as a seventeen-year-old kid saying, "If attitude made me captain of this team, I'm going to have a good attitude all my life."”

Ifs Years Made Kids Remember Attitude Team Captains Seventeen Good Attitude Seventeen Years Old

Author:John C. Maxwell

“I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn’t keep up.”

Body Able Remember Father Growing

Author:Saskia de Brauw

“I remember as a young child, during one of my frequent trips to the local library, spending hours looking at book after book trying in vain to find one that had my name on it. Because there were so many books in the library, with so many different names on them, I’d assumed that one of them — somewhere — had to be mine. I didn’t understand at the time that a person’s name appears on a book because he or she wrote it. Now that I’m twenty-six I know better. If I were ever going to find my book one day, I was going to have to write it.”

Ifs Knows Writing Trying Children Persons Book Different Remember Young Names Hours Mines One Day Six Twenties Library Spending Locals Vain Young Children Different Names

Author:Daniel Tammet

“I remember asking my dad, "Why didn't you ever move to the States? You probably could have made a lot more money." My dad said, "Because I have an obligation to give back." I always admired him for that.”

Giving Made Said States Remember Moving Dad Asking My Dad Obligation More Money Giving Back

Author:Will Arnett

“I remember asking my mom, "Do you think that I will ever have enough money to live outside of your house?" And she would be like, "You just never know."”

Thinking Knows Enough Would Be Remember House Like You Mom Asking My Mom

Author:Lena Dunham

“I remember asking my mother if she believed in reincarnation and she said that that sounded very sensible, and I thought, yes, it does to me too. So I always believed in it. I can't remember when I didn't.”

Ifs Doe Said I Can Remember Mother Asking Sensible Reincarnation Remember When Always Believe

Author:Tenzin Palmo

“I remember asking myself one night, while I was curled up in the same old corner of my same old couch in tears yet again over the same old repetition of sorrowful thoughts, 'Is there ANYTHING about this scene you can change, Liz?' And all I could think to do was stand up, whle still sobbing, and try to balance on one foot in the middle of the living room. Just to prove that - while I couldn't stop the tears or change my dismal interior dialogue - I was not yet totally out of control: at least I could cry hysterically while balanced on one foot.”

Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

“I remember asking one of the [cyber experts], I said, "Knowing what you know, and you exist behind the curtains so to speak, and you see behind the curtain, do you look at the world differently? Do you feel you have an upper hand?" He just started laughing and said, "Man, people have no idea how exposed they are, how vulnerable, and what's possible."”

People Knows Men World Feels Looks Said Ideas Hands Remember Speak Behinds Laughing Knowing Asking Vulnerable No Idea Experts Exposed Curtains Cyber Upper Hand

Author:Chris Hemsworth

“I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!”

Years Believe Reason Remember I Believe Existence Growing Up Growing Events Drink Bed Theater Tables Hey Queens Shirts Ties Ems No Reason Punk Couches Movie Theater

Author:James Caan

“I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, 'Dad, why don't you wear that at work?' And he said, 'Your religion should be in your actions.' He set a great, great example.”

Should Said Action Christian Remember Used Father Example Dad Fishes Symbols Fellowship

Author:Hugh Jackman

“I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.”

Shows Wanted Remember Steps Olympics Atlanta Shaq

Author:Hakeem Olajuwon

“I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.”

People Kind Age Past Remember Mother Lines Five Seeing Groups Security Car Aging Plant Birthday Beaten 50th Birthday Textiles Trolleys

Author:Noam Chomsky

“I remember at the age of six regaling my poor little sister with stories about the planets, and how far away they were and which ones might have life.”

Littles Stories Might Age Remember Poor Planets Six Far Away Little Sister

Author:Richard Dawkins

“I remember at the premiere of my second movie I started crying. I thought, I'm so bad that I either have to stop this and do something else or learn what I'm doing.”

Remember Cry Premieres

Author:Josh Brolin

“I remember at the reception you said to me, 'I'm the daughter of a father who's been married five times. Mother killed herself. My sister killed herself. My brother has been in a mental institution. I'm twenty-three and divorced with two kids.' I said, 'Brooke, either you've got to open the window right now'--we were on the tenth floor--'either you've got to open the window right now and jump out, or say "I'm going to live," because you're right, it's the worst family history that anybody ever had, and either you jump out the window or you live.”

Family Suicide Mothers Sisters

Author:Brooke Hayward

Source: Haywire

“I remember at the time - right before we started Feministing.com - doing a Google search for the term "young feminism" and the term "young feminist," and the first thing that came up was a page from the National Organization for Women that was about 10 or 15 years old. And it just struck me as so odd that there was all of this young feminist activism going on, but that it wasn't necessarily being represented online, that the first things in a Google search to come up were really, really old. I think to a certain degree we really filled a gap, and that's why we got such a large readership.”

Thinking Remember Term Feminism Feminist Activism Odd Online Google

Author:Jessica Valenti

“I remember at the time of 9/11 that there were women who went out of their way to escort Muslim women to grocery stores because they wanted to be sure that they didn't experience any prejudice. And so I'm not one who believes that America is a country that's intolerant. It's the most tolerant country in the world, and I really think that it's unfortunate that a number of people are trying to paint America with this brush. I just don't see it.”

People Thinking World Trying Believe Country Remember Prejudice Paint Unfortunate

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“I remember at the time, there were all these teen movies being made. It was this resurgence of John Hughes-esque teen comedies. I was sent a lot of them to audition for, and a lot of them at the time didn't really impress me. I remember I was sent one called East Grand Rapids High, which ended up becoming American Pie, and I didn't like it. Although I think I did audition for it.”

Thinking Made Remember Comedy Becoming East Made It Pie Impress Auditions Rapids Resurgence American Pie

Author:David Krumholtz

“I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night.”

Remember Night Radio Stations Clothings Every Night Bedroom Wire Frequency Antenna Hangers Top 10

Author:Nelly Furtado

“I remember attending Toronto Comicon shortly after the release of Captain Marvel and seeing a five-year-old girl who'd come in a handmade Captain Marvel outfit with her hair moussed up - and I totally got the need for this book, for this hero. Someone who looks like her, and acts like her. So, in a way, Captain Marvel helped pave the road to the expanded role of female leads.”

Way Needs Years Looks Book Remember Girl Roles Five Seeing Hair Hero Female Release Comic Five Years Captains Comic Book Attending Like Her Toronto Five Year Olds Handmade

Author:Axel Alonso

“I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'”

Giving Years Wells Country Remember Song Records Five Female Radio Labels Relate Thirty Five Years Housewife Demographics Five Year Olds Record Labels

Author:Taylor Swift

“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.”

Remember Morning Color Findings Forgotten Awakening

Author:Charles Bukowski

“I remember back in 1994 when the Eagles charged more than $100 for tickets. They said, 'We ain't Pearl Jam.' That's back when records were selling and the Eagles had sold just about as many as anyone on the planet. And years later we're still charging less than them.”

Years Said Stills Remember Records Planets Selling Tickets They Said Pearls Eagles Jam Back When Charging Pearl Jam

Author:Eddie Vedder

“I remember, back in college, how many possibilities life seemed to hold. Variations. I knew, of course, that I'd only live one of my fantasy lives, but for a few years there, I had them all, all the branches, all the variations. One day I could dream of being a novelist, one day I would be a journalist covering Washington, the next - oh, I don't know, a politician, a teacher, whatever. My dream lives. Full of dream wealth and dream women. All the things I was going to do, all the places I was going to live. They were mutually exclusive, of course, but since I didn't have any of them, in a sense I had them all. Like when you sit down at a chessboard to begin a game, and you don't know what the opening will be. Maybe it will be a Sicilian, or a French, or a Ruy Lopez. They all coexist, all the variations, until you start making the moves. You always dream of winning, no matter what line you choose, but the variations are still … different." … "Once the game begins, the possibilities narrow and narrow and narrow, the other variations fade, and you're left with what you've got - a position half of your own making, and half chance, as embodied by that stranger across the board. Maybe you've got a good game, or maybe you're in trouble, but in any case there's just that one position to work from. The might-have-beens are gone." (Unsound Variations)”

Life Choices Chess

Author:George R.R. Martin

Source: Dreamsongs, Volume II

“I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.”

Knows Remember Used Night Bars Call Me Every Night Detroit Bartender Apex

Author:John Lee Hooker

“I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the "black people's CNN." Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect.”

People Wells Remember Black News Hip Hop Hips Hops Suspects Black People Foxes Chuck Biased Cnn Fox News Back In The Day

Author:Saul Williams

“I remember back in the day, when Jordan wore the 7s, something magical always happened. He always performed at high levels, but it was something different when he laced up the 7s. Some of the Jordans still have that juice that MJ left in them, and the 7 is one of them.”

Stills Different Remember Left Levels Happened Juice Jordan High Level Back In The Day

Author:Nate Robinson

“I remember back in the early days of Microsoft that from the day that you decided that you were just going to put out an ad to a customer - and all you were usually able to tell them was that a new product was available - it was about nine months before you could actually reach the first customer.”

Firsts Able Remember Products Months Decided Available Customers Nine Ads Microsoft Nine Months New Products

Author:Gabe Newell

“I remember back to my days as a teenager. When you get your feelings hurt, you feel that moment of embarrassment. You think: "No one wants to talk to me ever again. It's all over." I reassure people that's totally not the case. These bullies are just hateful people doing hateful things. Sometimes, it's a lesson in tough love, but you keep positive, smile in the face of hateful adversity and move on. It makes you a stronger person.”

People Thinking Sometimes Moments Feelings Remember Moving Hurt Tough Stronger Adversity Teenager Bully Embarrassment Hateful Hurt Feelings Talk To Me

Author:John Cena

“I remember back when I was 10 and my dad was telling me: Hey, I'm going on a trip this week to play out in Lake Tahoe. I didn't really know where Lake Tahoe was going back, living back in North Carolina.”

Knows Play Remember Week Dad My Dad Hey Lakes Back When Carolina North Carolina Tahoe Lake Tahoe

Author:Stephen Curry

“I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies.”

Thinking Men Long Body Kids Wanted Remember Appreciate Comic Plastic Back When Youngsters Extremity Comic Strips

Author:Ben Affleck

“I remember back when I was in school. When things were more normal. I remember how hard everything was. Every exam, every essay. I remember thinking how it would be easier to die than to write the first word on an empty screen. Every. Single. Time. And my parents always saying you'll be fine, you'll be fine. Stop worrying. You always do well. And I hated that they were right. I hated them for being right. Every. Single. Time. Because just once, I wanted someone to acknowledge how hard it all really was. The crying and the dying and the headaches and the heartaches. To say it out loud so that I could hear it. Just once. And then I'd just get on with it. But I'd know that they knew that it wasn't fine at all and that it probably never would be. But we'd just get on with it. Like we always do.”

School Parents Hardship Essays Exams

Author:Terry Moore

“I remember because I cannot forget”

Inspirational Faith Fear Friendship Breast Cancer Domestic Abuse

Author:CAROL FELLER

Source: Dancing through Minefields

“I remember becoming aware of women's issues and inequality. It became glaringly clear to me when I was living in America that women are regarded as less intelligent than men.”

Men America Remember Issues Clear Becoming Intelligent Inequality

Author:Julie Christie

“I remember before I did my HBO special, Chris [Rock] screamed at me - in a loving way, but still. He was like, "You need to do 200 shows in a row and a month straight on the road before you even think about recording a special!" And I had literally booked two weeks on the road and then went right into the recording. It put me in a panic, but it also made me work harder and made me realize that everyone works differently, and that's okay.”

Thinking Way Needs Made Stills Two Shows Remember Realizing Week Special Rocks Hard Work Like You Months Okay Harder Panic Two Weeks Work Harder Hbo

Author:Judd Apatow

“I remember being 18, and my first boyfriend said to me, "Unless you're in the room, you don't know if it's true." We were talking about gossip.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Said Remember Rooms Talking Gossip First Boyfriend

Author:Winona Ryder

“I remember being a 12 year old art kid and feeling like there was no exciting art movement happening, especially for somebody like me. I was looking around for artistic inspiration and could find nothing — until my older brother’s friend brought a Giger book over to the house. Upon seeing the first image I knew I would never be the same. A whole new world opened up to me and I have been exploring it ever since. It’s no doubt that I would not be here today, doing what I do, without his influence. H.R. Giger is the king of the Dark Art movement.”

“I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybodys like, Shut up.”

Knows Remember Type Singers Shut Up Bathtubs

Author:Sean Paul

“I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it was mortifying. You felt dirty for them. But now it's perfectly acceptable to read something like that. There's absolutely no taboo surrounding that kind of exploitation.”

Kind Kids Remember Felt Lines Seeing Stores Dirty Copies Acceptable Exploitation Taboo Groceries Naughty Grocery Stores Being A Kid Checkouts Inquirers

Author:Rashida Jones

“I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.”

Should Kids Remember House Sleep Secret Late My Friends Vampire Supposed To Be Staying Being A Kid Vampire Movie Nosferatu

Author:Ethan Hawke

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