“When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding up a picture of a bone with 28 incisions carved in it. "This is often considered to be man's first attempt at a calendar" she explained. She paused as we dutifully wrote this down. 'My question to you is this - what man needs to mark 28 days? I would suggest to you that this is woman's first attempt at a calendar. It was a moment that changed my life. In that second I stopped to question almost everything I had been taught about the past. How often had I overlooked women's contributions?” MenNeedsFirstsHumansMomentsPastRememberWomenChangedStudentsTaughtMarkFeministBonesContributionProfessorsAttemptingAnthropologyCalendarsChanged My LifeOverlookedCambridgeCarvingContribution To Society28 Days Author:Sandi Toksvig
“All who remember their childhood remember the strange vague sense, when some new experience came, that everything else was going to be changed, and that there would be no lapse into the old monotony.” Would BeRememberChildhoodChangedStrangeVagueNew ExperiencesMonotonyLapses Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot
“He who remembers the evils he has undergone, and those that have threatened him, and the slight causes that have changed him from one state to another, prepares himself in that way for future changes and for recognizing his condition. The life of Caesar has no more to show us than our own; an emperor's or an ordinary man's, it is still a life subject to all human accidents.” MenWayHumansStillsStatesShowsRememberEvilCausesConditionsSubjectsChangedOrdinaryAccidentsThreatenedRecognizingEmperorOrdinary Man Book:Essays Source: Essays
“I remember, when I was young, How easily my mood changed from sad to gay. ... But now that age comes, A moment of joy is harder and harder to get.” MomentsAgeRememberYoungJoyChangedGayHarderMoodRemember When Author:Bai Juyi
“You remember when you were maybe five years old and you went out in the morning and you looked at the day - and it was a very, very beautiful day. You looked at flowers and they were very beautiful flowers. Twenty-five years later, you get up in the morning, you take a look at the flowers - they are wilted. The day isn't a happy day. Well, what's changed? You know they are the same flowers, it's the same world. Something must have changed. Well, probably it was you.” KnowsWorldYearsWellsLooksBeautifulRememberMorningFiveChangedFlowerTwentiesGet UpFive YearsRemember WhenTwenty FiveVery BeautifulFive Year OldsHappy DayBeautiful DayBeautiful Flower Book:Scientology, a New Slant on Life Source: Scientology, a New Slant on Life
“I remember walking into the Bible study. I had a knot in my stomach. In my mind, only weirdoes and zealots went to Bible studies. I don't remember what was said that day. All I know is that when I left, everything had changed. I'll never forget standing outside that apartment on the Upper East Side and saying to myself, “It's true. It's completely true.” The world looked entirely different, like a veil had been lifted off it. I had not an iota of doubt. I was filled with indescribable joy.” KnowsWorldMindSaidDifferentRememberJoyLeftSidesForgetStudyDoubtChangedWalkingStandingFilledEastNever ForgetStomachApartmentStanding OutVeilsKnotsBible StudyIndescribableZealotEast SideUpper East Side Author:Kirsten Powers
“I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I dont know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.” KnowsHandsRememberKnow HowWifeChangedStrangeMetsMy WifeEaseRemember WhenChanged My Life Author:Randy Houser
“Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.” MenLooksSaidEnoughRealityEyeRememberPoliticalLyingSawsChangedDressesBraveAppearanceCleverMakeupTransformedListenersDay To DaySeductiveOne WomanPolitical PowerClever ManAntony Author:Robert Greene
“I remember the mid-50s well. It was when my life changed, and I left acting to become one of the first female television news reporters in the UK.” FirstsWellsRememberLeftActingChangedTelevisionNewsFemaleLife ChangingReportersTelevision News Author:Lynne Reid Banks
“After modernism, things changed. Indeed, modernism sometimes seems to me like an equivalent of the Fall. Remember, the first thing Adam and Eve did when they ate the fruit was to discover that they had no clothes on. They were embarrassed. Embarrassment was the first consequence of the Fall. And embarrassment was the first literary consequence of this modernist discovery of the surface. "Am I telling a story? Oh my God, this is terrible. I must stop telling a story and focus on the minute gradations of consciousness as they filter through somebody's.” FirstsSometimesStoriesSeemsRememberFallConsciousnessFocusMinutesChangedTerribleClothesDiscoveryConsequenceFruitSurfaceAdamEmbarrassedThings ChangeEmbarrassmentModernismFiltersAdam And Eve Author:Philip Pullman
“I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole life changed when I wrote those songs, even before anyone ever heard them. It wasn't a commercial thing.” WritingWholeFeelingsRememberYoungSongHeardChangedWhole LifeLife ChangingWriting Songs Author:Gwen Stefani
“I remember my boyfriend and I had just broken up, and I was like 'I don't care how much it costs, I'm getting my hair bleached!' That's really when everything changed.” CareRememberChangedHairBrokenCostDon't CareI Don't CareMy BoyfriendBroken Up Author:Gwen Stefani
“The very dull truth is that writing love scenes is the same as writing other scenes - your job is to be fully engaged in the character's experience. What does this mean to them? How are they changed by it, or not? I remember being a little nervous, as I am when writing any high-stakes, intense scene (death, sex, grief, joy).” WritingMeanLittlesDoeCharacterJobsRememberJoySexGriefChangedTruth IsSceneIntenseNervousEngagedDullStakesWriting Love Author:Madeline Miller
“I guess my voice kind of changed in middle school. It was what it is now. I remember there was this boy who used to walk behind me and sing that song that goes, "Walk like a man, talk like a man" and I was devastated. So I learned that I can pick up my voice if I want to.” IfsMenWantKindI CanSchoolRememberUsedSongVoiceWalksBehindsBoysMiddleChangedPicksDevastatedMiddle School Author:Dianna Agron
“Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, "I don't know what's going on, but I really like it." And you really didn't know what to make of a lot of people, and now it's changed and people aren't really talking about that. Now it's like you're watching West Wing or Friends, you know the characters and you're like, "What in the world is going to happen?"” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldYearsFirstsTwoCharacterHappensRememberGamesForgetTalkingChangedLike YouWingsWestTwo YearsThrones Author:Alex Graves
“Having money hasn't changed me. If anything it's made my life worse. People come up to you who knew you before you were famous and who didn't come up to you before. I'm a clever designer. I can do what the client wants. But I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.” PeopleIfsWantMadeI CanRememberCan DoForgetCreativityChangedPreparedCome UpCleverDesignerClientsUp To You Author:Alexander McQueen
“I remember seeing the full Daft Punk pyramid show in 2007. I went alone, drove up in my Honda Fit, bought a ticket off a scalper for $150, got on the floor, and had the best time of my life. I didn't have a drink, no drugs. But I was high out of my mind. It changed my life.” MindShowsRememberSeeingChangedFitDrinkDrugPunkTicketsPyramidsOf My MindChanged My LifeBest TimesTime Of My LifeDaftHondaBest Time Of My LifeDaft Punk Author:Skrillex
“We changed the name from Sex Gang Children to Culture Club because Jon Moss, our drummer, went to L.A. on holiday and took some demo tapes with him. -Everyone loved the music but nobody liked the name. I -remember getting a postcard from Jon from L.A. saying, "I don't think America's ready for the Sex Gang Children."” ThinkingChildrenAmericaRememberCultureNamesSexChangedReadyClubsHolidayTapeGangDrummerMossDemosPostcards Author:Boy George
“And I'll remember the love that you gave me, now that I am standing on my own, I'll remember the way that you changed me, I'll remember.” WayRememberMy OwnChangedStandingYou Changed Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I started over again with an image: Nothing goes right. Then when The Godfather came out, all I heard was, Show respect. With me, you show respect. So I changed the image to I don't get no respect. I tried it out in Greenwich Village. I remember the first joke I told: Even as a kid, I'd play hide and seek and the other kids wouldn't even look for me. The people laughed. After the show, they started saying to me, Me, too - I don't get no respect. I figured, let's try it again.” PeopleTryingFirstsLooksPlayShowsKidsRememberHeardChangedJokesVillageLaughedNo RespectHide And SeekShow RespectGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“I remember working with Jackie Chan on Shanghai Noon [2000], and when we were working on the script, I thought that my character thought about being an outlaw the way a kid today would think about being a rock star, as a way to impress girls. So it was just kind of a funny idea, but once we had that idea, it changed the character and made it something that was funnier to me to play.” ThinkingWayKindMadeIdeasPlayCharacterKidsTodayRememberGirlStarsRocksChangedScriptsMade ItImpressRock StarNoonOutlawJackieShanghaiImpress A Girl Author:Owen Wilson
“I get hit everyday with people everyday saying I remember this record from that, this changed my life or this record was playing when this happened so I'm thankful for that. On the other side I look at it like I got to do so many things in life I never thought I'd be able to do so who am I to complain about what position I'm in or not in. I gotta be thankful for everything that occurred in my career. That's how I look at it.” PeopleLooksAbleRememberSidesCareersRecordsHappenedPositionChangedEverydayComplainingThings In LifeBeing ThankfulChanged My Life Author:Mic Geronimo
“Revenge is the most destructive emotion. Know that retribution against someone who has hurt you will not neutralise the bitterness of your pain. It will eat away at your very being. Be positive and remember the past cannot be changed.” KnowsWisdomPainPastRememberHurtEmotionChangedRevengeDestructiveBitternessBeing PositiveRetributionRemembering The Past Author:Walter Mikac
“I know a girl who has become a really enthusiastic Christian. I remember meeting her several years ago. She lived in a house near us. She was standing out the front smoking, not apparently interested in religious things, but she did have a respect for spiritual matters when I spoke to her. So as we talked, she expressed an interest, and began to come to church occasionally. Over the years, I have watched her come to Christ, be converted, baptized and changed in wonderful ways. It's a real joy to me when I see things like this.” KnowsWayYearsRealMatterChristianRememberSpiritualJoyGirlHouseInterestChristChurchReligiousWonderfulFrontsChangedYears AgoStandingMeetingsSmokingSpokesStanding OutEnthusiasticBaptizedReal Joy Author:Mark Dever