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“I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.”

Ifs Knows Age Jobs Remember Brother Sitting My Brother Australia Squares

Author:Joel Edgerton

“I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer -- and what trees and seasons smelled like -- how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich.”

People May Remember Names Memories Secret Rich Tree Childhood Flower Summer Bird Seasons Grass Odor Toads

Author:John Steinbeck

Source: East of Eden

“I remember my comic strips being called "new wave." It bugged me.”

Remember Wave Comic Comic Strips

Author:Lynda Barry

“I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl? So in speaking to our football team earlier in the year, I said, 'Why not us? Why can't we be there?'”

Knows Years Said Remember Team Football Dad Asking My Dad Stuck Why Not One Time Bowls Super Bowl Football Team

Author:Russell Wilson

“I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.”

Kind Made Wanted Remember Poverty Break Dad My Dad Nervous Ireland Scotland

Author:Robert Redford

“I remember my dad told me a story about a gifted composer. That story has haunted me ever since. At the age of 23, the young man wrote his first and last symphony. He knew it was a masterpiece. Nothing else he ever did would be as good. When he finished the final note, he got up from his seat. He looked in a mirror. He was a muscular, fit young man, very handsome. He took a razor and slit his throat. My dad said he couldn’t listen to that music without crying. In the Lazar House, Danny and I found ConX. At last we understood . When the supreme moment of your life has come, why go on? ConX is perfection. It delivers your once-in-a-lifetime moment – your death. Lacrimae rerum.”

Death Perfection Suicide Symphony Symmetry Divine Suicide Symmetry Breaking

Author:Adam Jefferson

Source: The Jesus Drug: The Miracle Pill

“I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with Seinfeld all the time. He did it with Colombo, too, set the scene.”

Remember Used Turns Dad Scene My Dad Dad Love

Author:Andy Samberg

“I remember my dad watched a lot of TV that we watched, too. I remember watching Saved By The Bell because me and my sister watched it, and my dad kind of watched it with us, too, while he was cooking or whatever he was doing in the kitchen.”

Kind Remember Tvs Dad Cooking My Dad Saved Kitchen My Sister Bells

Author:June Diane Raphael

“I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.”

Writing Character Stories Remember Stuff Dad My Dad Scripts Breaking Down

Author:Jason Bateman

“I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.”

Remember Player Football Dad My Dad Shoes

Author:Chaske Spencer

“I remember my daughter Deni coming along, and she was so pure and caring of everybody and everything. And somehow, this little being managed to get around all the obstacles - the gun turrets, the walls, the moats, the sentries - that were wrapped around my heart. My heart at that time needed her. I think it's the best thing going, parenthood.”

Thinking Heart Littles Remember Father Wall Needed Dad My Heart Pure Daughter Gun Obstacles Caring Best Things My Daughter Parenthood Fathers Day Moats Turrets

Author:Woody Harrelson

“I remember my days as a graduate student at Stanford, within any leading university, a very active Israeli support, for Israel, Jews fighting for the cause of Israel. Now you find Israelis, former Israelis, and Arabs, and Jews, fighting for the Palestinian cause. We are somehow losing the moral high ground, and I keep telling our people it's great to deal with propaganda, to activate many ways, to deploy PR firms all around the world.”

People World Remember Fighting Moral Support Students Losing Jew Firm Propaganda Graduates Palestinian Israeli

Author:Ehud Barak

“I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became a 'cultural weapon.' You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.”

Writing Years Art Ends Use Government Remember Culture Fighting Literature Walks Emotion Weapons Prison South South Africa Apartheid Nelson Scruples

Author:Achmat Dangor

“I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.”

Kids School Beautiful Remember Father Parent Sides Cutting Son Mountain Knives Overcoat Tweed

Author:Charles Frazier

“I remember my father explaining, "A capitalist system is a dog-eat-dog system."”

Remember Father Dog Capitalist Explaining

Author:Frances Fox Piven

Source: Who's Afraid of Frances Fox Piven?: The Essential Writings of the Professor Glenn Beck Loves to Hate

“I remember my father had a sermon he used to preach when we were in Florida, in which he gave a reference to the Southern Cross-about the stars, the colors, in the Southern Cross, which thrilled me very much. I must have been around 5 years old. ... Now, it turns out that the Southern Cross itself does have one red star, together with three blue ones.”

Years Doe Has Beens Together Remember Science Used Turns Three Father Stars Color Red Crosses Blue Southern Florida Biographies Thrill Sermons

Author:William Wilson Morgan

“I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as well as Joni Mitchell. I concur. The thing that most affected me was just her resonance, and that is something she must have been born with.”

Wells Has Beens Done Remember Father Born Situation Melody Affected Resonance Concur

Author:Laura Marling

“I remember my father saying that you're about to awaken when you dream that you're dreaming.”

Dream Remember Father

Author:Willard Huyck

“I remember my father telling me that – A wish was not a wish until it was wished,” Carya says with a grin. Kahu nods, "Your father understood the power of intent.”

Wish Dreams Intent

Author:James Qualls

Source: A Gathering of Dreams

“I remember my father telling me that just like Troy, he could get me in with the water department where he worked in New York. He talked about how he could get me on the job, and if I stayed 25 years, I could probably work my way up to be a supervisor and how it was a good union and all of the benefits and that I was going to make $20,000 in 50 years or whatever it was. He couldn't see that far.”

Ifs Way Years Jobs Remember Father Water New York Benefits Unions My Way Department Supervisors

Author:Denzel Washington

“I remember my father's last race very clearly when he drove at Hockenheim in front of 100,000 people and I was sitting next to him on the roof of his car and waving to the fans. That was the moment when I thought: 'One day I want to do the same.'”

People Want Moments Lasts Remember Next Father Race Fans Car Fronts One Day Sitting Roof

Author:Nico

“I remember my first check that I got for a thousand dollars, and where I grew up, I never thought I'd have a thousand dollars at one time.”

Remember

Author:Smokey Robinson

“I remember my first commercial. This is really great 'Degrassi' trivia: The character Toby on 'Degrassi,' played by Jake Goldsbie, he and I were in both of our first commercial ever when we were four. It was for Tiger Toys, this old Game Boy-type thing. Both of our lines were, 'Mommy, I can do it!”

Firsts I Can Character Remember Games Can Do Lines Boys Four Type Toys Really Great Tigers I Can Do It Jake Trivia Toby

Author:Charlotte Arnold

“I remember my first friend who got sick. It was 1981, and the disease was called the gay cancer. I don't think the word 'AIDS' came out until '84. I just remember it being terrifying as more people got sick. We didn't know how you could catch it, you heard all kinds of crazy things.”

People Thinking Knows Firsts Kind Remember Know How Heard Crazy Gay Disease Sick Cancer Aids All Kinds Crazy Things

Author:Ellen Barkin

“I remember my first kisses with a lot of people, and they're rad experiences. And you don't have to really take it to that next level because that's what keeps it exciting.”

People Firsts Remember Next Levels Kissing Exciting First Kiss Next Level My First Kiss Rad

Author:Pete Wentz

“I remember my first lesson on the pilgrimage was the lesson of receiving. I had been on the giving side for many years and I needed to learn to accept as gracefully as I had been able to give, in order to give the other fellow the joy and blessing of giving. It's so beautiful when you live to give. To me it's the only way to live because as you give you receive spiritual blessings.”

Way Giving Years Firsts Able Beautiful Remember Spiritual Joy Order Sides Accepting Needed Lessons Blessing Fellows Receiving Way To Live Pilgrimage Spiritual Blessings

Author:Peace Pilgrim

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“I remember my first meeting with Guillermo Del Toro - he couldn't have been warmer, but I always had a kind of immaturity about me dealing with people that were in charge. Not really knowing how to conduct myself. And I got on the floor and curled up into a ball under a desk, which is so weird - as I was doing it, I was like, "Oh, my god, you're a freak. Get up. What are you doing?" And I looked at him like, "I'm so sorry," and he's like, "No, it's natural. Why wouldn't you want to do that?" He's just the most giving person and made me feel not like a freak.”

People Giving Kind Remember Natural Meetings Sorry Freak Immaturity

Author:Selma Blair

“I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.”

Firsts Moments School Remember Cases High School Built Prize Electric Contests Juniors Junior High Cafeteria Auditoriums High School Junior School Cafeteria

Author:Tommy Shaw

“I remember my first run-in with cops. It took me really getting to hang, well after that, with cops who were cool, and realizing, 'Okay, there are some bad ones.' I ran into some bad ones in Columbus, Ohio, but they're not all bad.”

Firsts Wells Running Remember Realizing Okay Ran Cop Ohio Columbus Columbus Ohio

Author:Woody Harrelson

“I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method' actor; as soon as he is in his cloak, he walks and talks like Snape - it is quite terrifying. But I really wanted to talk to him because 'Robin Hood' was one of my favourite films.”

Firsts Wanted Remember Film Actors Walks Scene Method Anxious Favourite Hood Cloaks Robins Robin Hood Snape

Author:Tom Felton

“I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.”

Firsts Shows Remember Tvs Ireland Tv Shows Horrific Live Tv

Author:Caroline Corr

“I remember my first standup act when I was seventeen; I did a really lame song about being flat chested. I was doing it in New York, and I remember Kevin Brennan, the guy I lost my virginity to, was like "That song doesn't make sense, you have tits."”

Firsts Remember Guy Song Lost New York Make Sense Flats Virginity Lame Seventeen Kevin

Author:Sarah Silverman

“I remember my first test in F1. After five laps, I came back to the pits and tried to play it cool - 'Oh yeah, I'm fine, I'm on top of this' - but I was completely lost.”

Firsts Play Remember Lost Five Fine Tests Yeah Lap Pits

Author:Sebastian Vettel

“I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass and I thought, My god, hes going to know all the things I dont want people to know. I was really embarrassed. Then I looked up and he was looking directly at me with unconditional love.”

People Knows Want Mind Firsts Remember Grass Unconditional Love Embarrassed Unconditional Guru

Author:Ram Dass

“I remember my first year, I hit him with three good punches and couldn't believe he was still standing. He hit me with one and cracked my helmet. My head hurt for a week.”

Years Firsts Believe Stills Remember Three Hurt Week Standing Hockey Nhl Cracked Helmet

Author:Georges Laraque

“I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White. His stories were genuinely funny, thought provoking and full of irony and charm. He didn't condescend to his readers, which was why I liked his books, and why I wasn't a big reader of other children's' books.”

“I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'”

I Can Remember Used Five Four Fit My Friends Elephants Trunks Parameters Von Neumann

Author:Enrico Fermi

“I remember my friends and I looking forward to puberty because it seemed exciting at first.”

Firsts Remember My Friends Exciting Looking Forward Puberty

Author:Mara Wilson

“I remember my friends at primary and secondary school admiring my work and even paying me money for some of my pieces.”

School Remember Pieces My Friends Primaries Admiring Secondary School

Author:St. Lucia

“I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live with a full measure of loneliness that is inescapable, and we must not destroy ourselves with our passion to escape the aloneness.”

Remember Passion Loneliness Grandfather My Grandfather Being Alone

Author:Jim Harrison

“I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful.”

Firsts Remember Humble Managers Helpful Rooted Be Humble God First Keep God First

Author:John Boyega

“I remember my mentor once said, "The low road is crowded. The high road is wide open. So let's try to take the high road." I think that people are hungry for content that enriches and expires. You can entertain people while still expanding their horizons. You don't have to have it be a race to the bottom with reality television.”

People Thinking Trying Said Stills Reality Remember Race Television Lows Bottom Wide Hungry Horizon Mentor Expanding Crowded High Road Reality Television Taking The High Road

Author:Jason Silva

“I remember my mistakes more than my success.”

Remember Mistake Nfl My Mistakes

Author:Adrian Peterson

“I remember my mom dressed like Janis Joplin.”

Remember Mom My Mom

Author:Bryan White

“I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.”

Bigs Remember Mom My Mom Magazines Evening Posts Collections Copies Saturday Introduction Illustrators Saturday Evening

Author:Thomas Kinkade

“I remember my mom had a conversation with Sam Jackson about what she should do with our careers and what the next step should be; I was eight and my brother was nine. He said, "You need to get them on Broadway."”

Needs Should Said Remember Next Steps Careers Brother Mom Conversation My Mom Eight Nine My Brother Broadway Next Steps Sam Jackson

Author:Aldis Hodge

“I remember my mom saying to me that what your friends do is one thing, but what you do could be on the front page of the paper.”

Remember One Thing Fronts Mom Paper Pages My Mom

Author:Scott McClellan

“I remember my mother and father arguing about light bulbs because my father thought he could save money by putting 25-watt bulbs instead of 60-watt bulbs and my mother was trying to explain to him that her children needed to learn to read so that they could go to college. He couldn't see that.”

Trying Children Light Remember Mother Father College Needed Arguing Saving Money Mother And Father Bulbs Light Bulb

Author:Denzel Washington

“I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.”

Remember Used Mother Given Cards Gypsy Deck Tarot Tarot Cards Deck Of Cards

Author:David Blaine

“I remember my mother saying to me on one occasion, 'Mel, I know that I can count on you.' I resolved that she would always be able to count on me. I would not let her down. I loved her too much. Her confidence in me meant everything. Today I still feel that way. I feel that way about the Brethren. I don't ever want to let President Hinckley or any of the other leaders of the Church down. But, even more important, I never want to let the Savior down, because I love Him more than anything else.”

Knows Way Want Feels Stills I Can Important Today Able Remember Mother President Church Leader Too Much Occasions Savior Brethren I Love Him Count On Me

Author:F. Melvin Hammond

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