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“I think people are afraid. I remember when we'd have discussions in the '60s among people who were active. We'd say, "Well, people are afraid," and the answer to us was, "If you're afraid, you know you should be doing something." People are afraid today, but they're not doing anything.”

People Thinking Today Remember Discussion Remember When

Author:Lynne Stewart

“I've written one book-length piece of journalism. The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? That book had an impact. Eight years after it was published it's still having an impact in Guatemala. I remember when I wrote it, a surprising number of people said things to me like, "That is such an amazing story; why didn't you turn it into a novel?"”

People Art Book Remember Political Novel Murder Journalism Remember When

Author:Francisco Goldman

“I didn't even have to be a big fan of someone to enjoy hearing them speak. I remember when Nikki Giovanni came - I wasn't really familiar with her. But she said some things I'll never forget. Like, okay, for example, she was talking about the amount of beef that's in the world. There are so many McDonald's, Burger Kings, Wendy's.”

World Remember Speak Enjoy Forget Okay Familiar Never Forget Remember When

Author:J. Cole

“I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't feel right. But after a while I guess I figured I must be doing something right, because people wouldn't keep hiring me if I didn't have something to give.”

People Giving Kids Remember Father Parent Acting Remember When Hiring

Author:Jeff Bridges

“I remember when Twitter first came out. I was so against it, I wanted nothing to do with it. I wanted to keep my life to myself. I felt like I didn't want to just put things out to the world that were pointless and meaningless.”

World Remember Meaningless Remember When Pointless

Author:Vanessa Hudgens

“Don't you want to know what's real and what's not? I remember when I was a kid, you know, this whole Cold War thing. They had us scared of the Russians. So, it's almost like, what's real and what's not?”

Knows Want War Real Whole Kids Remember Cold Scared Cold War Remember When Eyebrows

Author:Queen Latifah

“There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.”

Years Home Kids Remember Found House Black Party Mom Dad Meetings My Dad My Mom Remember When Panthers Black Panther Great Party Congas Bongos

Author:Queen Latifah

“I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, "Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?"”

Years Remember Actors Hollywood Movie Oscars Remember When

Author:Ang Lee

“I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.”

Remember Remember When Demonstration Hong Kong Kung Fu

Author:Jet Li

“You know how old I am? I'm so old, I remember when Letterman used to be funny and it was presidents who were serious. That's how old I am.”

Knows Funny Remember Used President Know How Serious Used To Be Remember When Letterman

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.”

Kids Remember Felt I Realized Great Things Life Experience Remember When

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.”

World Remember Wish Growing Up Growing Fit Remember When

Author:Yo-Yo Ma

“Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.”

Inspirational Persons Remember Modern Advice Defined Teenager Teens Remember When Listen To Your Heart Old Person Velcro

Author:Dave Barry

“I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.”

I Can America Remember Fighting Duty Democrat Tyranny Tyrants Remember When Fighting For Freedom

Author:Zell Miller

“I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.”

Facts School Remember Girl Attention Boys Special Subjects High School My Friends Dresses Size Occasions Remember When Bothered Wardrobe Special Occasion

Author:Marilyn Monroe

“I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time.”

Firsts Believe I Can Remember I Believe Stars Saws First Time Remember When

Book:Memories

Source: Memories

“I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.”

Enough Remember Cities Air Remember When American Cities

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.”

Mean Remember Used Stuff Arms Shoulders Gentle Prisoner Remember When Poke

Author:Robert Orben

“I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip.”

Home Kids Remember Mother Party Pieces Fancy Iron Coming Home Racing Equipment Remember When Jam Upstairs Girdles

Author:Susan Orlean

“He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.”

Should Years May Age Remember Young Time Honor Comfort One Day Aging Old Age Remember When

Author:Joseph Addison

“Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.”

Knows Years Age Remember Devil Aging Folks Birthday Bully Remember When Hideous 50th Birthday Omniscient

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there.”

Stills Home Remember Black Walks Son Smell My Son Hospitals Coats Remember When Fragrance

Author:Sarah Jessica Parker

“I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on 'Space Invaders,' in the form of quarters, of course.”

Firsts Remember Form Courses Games Space Audience Tests Dating Quarters Lots Of Money Remember When Invaders Pinball Space Invaders

Author:John C. Reilly

“The thing I tried to remember when I was younger was 'Do something that's at least as good, if not better, than the last thing you did.' So I started with Brian De Palma and Sean Penn. I had a pretty high bar to start with.”

Ifs Lasts Remember Bars Remember When Brian Sean

Author:John C. Reilly

“I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short film, just so I could say one day that my daddy didn't pay for my first short film. And I really established myself in the film festival world.”

World Years Firsts Remember Film Pay Company One Day Desks Daddy Remember When Festivals Calendars Short Films Film Festivals

Author:Jason Reitman

“I couldn't be an ingenue today, because the business has changed. I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way, or you're ridiculed.”

Way Today Remember Perfect Changed Dresses Cute Fabulous Remember When Premieres

Author:Julia Roberts

“I remember, when I was an up-and-coming comic, how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just take everyone's spots.”

Shows Would Be Remember Guy Spots Comic Remember When Annoyed

Author:Seth Rogen

“I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.”

Want Remember House White Worst Europe Who We Are White House I Want You Remember When

Author:Mitt Romney

“I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.”

World Remember Young Culture Cities Remember When Muslim World

Author:Salman Rushdie

“Remember, when you go to YouTube, you do a search. When you go to Google, you do a search. As we get the search integrated between YouTube and Google, which we're working on, it will drive a lot of traffic into both places. So the trick, overall, is generating more searches, more uses of Google.”

Use Remember Tricks Google Traffic Remember When Youtube Integrated

Author:Eric Schmidt

“In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.”

Remember Speak Easy Interest Audience Fine Asking Shy Remember When Asking Questions Answering Questions

Author:Vikram Seth

“I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them.”

Knows Mean Littles War Play Bigs Remember Used House Born Break Streets Used To Be Broke Bombs Gaps Remember When Break Up Liverpool

Author:Ringo Starr

“I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.”

School Remember Asks Grows Growing Up Draws Wedding Remember When Brides Pictures Of Myself

Author:Gwen Stefani

“I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.”

Remember Used Sound Streets Building Echoes Remember When Brooklyn Living On Brass Hallways

Author:Barbra Streisand

“I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.”

Firsts Facts Remember Lost Business Friends Actresses Jealous Annoying Remember When Annoyed Lots Of Friends

Author:Amber Tamblyn

“I remember when I first came around, the computer-generated stuff was pretty wicked. I was like, 'Wow!' but I feel like then for the longest time, we saw so much of it, after a while, you might as well just be watching an animated movie.”

Feels Firsts Wells Might Remember Stuff Saws Computer Wicked Wow Remember When Animated Animated Movies

Author:Paul Walker

“I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.”

Stills Book Remember Office Posts Department Unemployment Remember When Post Office Sanitation

Author:Denzel Washington

“Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it.”

Thinking Years Persons Hands Kids Remember Guy Moon Lifetime Comedian Forty Airplane Remember When Inventor Astronaut Amazing Things Armstrong Handshake Aviator Amazing Person

Author:Jonathan Winters

“I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'”

Humor Funny Remember Friends Singing Sight Shops Birthday Candle Burned Remember When My Birthday Happy Birthday Funny Birthday Young Birthday Funny Happy Birthday Witty Birthday Birthday Wishes Funny

Author:Steven Wright

“I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way through elementary school, all the way through junior high, all the way through high school, through college and after college, I was thinking of the same kinds of things that I say in front of an audience now.”

Thinking Way Kind I Can School Remember Audience Fronts College Humorous High School Remember When Juniors Elementary School Junior High

Author:Steven Wright

“I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.”

Children Shows Remember Used Watches College Tvs Becoming Jokes Cooking Dinner Chef Remember When Julia Roommate Cooking Shows

Author:Martin Yan

“I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.”

Different Remember Approach Woods Remember When Victoria

Author:Jo Brand

“I remember when each 4th lot was vacant and overgrown, and the landlord only go this rent when you had it, and each day was clear and good and each moment was full of promise.”

Moments Remember Clear Promise Each Day Remember When Vacant Landlord

Author:Charles Bukowski

“I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.”

World States Enough School America Remember Proud University Credit Graduates Remember When Public School Detroit Michigan Michigan State

Author:Eli Broad

“Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works. It's that easy.”

Writing Dream Remember Easy Flying Working It Remember When

Book:Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

Source: Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

“Nerrissa? You believe her? Well, you at least have to credit her with a certain instability! Remember when she told you that I was going to take over the Fount with and army of Lobsters?" said Ripred. You did try to take over the Fount with an army of Lobsters." said Vikus. Yes, yes, but it was years before she was born. My point is, she flip-flops in and out of time like a fish in shallow waters." answered Ripred.”

Trying Years Believe Wells Said Remember Certain Water Born Army Fishes Credit Shallow Remember When Flip Instability Lobster Flip Flops Shallow Water Ripred

Author:Suzanne Collins

“Remember, when you don’t know what to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble. It’s like reading the I Ching or tea leaves.”

Knows Play Remember Reading Hurt Tea Remember When Scrabble Tea Leaves

Book:Magic for Beginners

Source: Magic for Beginners

“Remember when i slept with my head in a puddle at your feet? It was humility, or atonement. later your ankle was a pillow and finally you pulled me up and in my sleep i placed your hand above my heart, like i forgot i didn't live there anymore”

Heart Hands Remember Sleep Feet Humility My Heart Remember When Pillow Atonement Ankles Puddles

Book:The Beautiful: Collected Poems

Source: The Beautiful: Collected Poems

“Sitting there with them, it was almost hard to remember when I first came to Perkins, so determined to remember to be a one-woman operation to the end. But that was the thing about taking help and giving it, or so I was learning; there was no such thing as really getting even. Instead, this connection, once opened, remained ongoing over time.”

Giving Firsts Ends Hard Helping Remember Sitting Connections Determined Operations Remember When Ongoing One Woman

Book:Lock and Key

Source: Lock and Key

“You will remember when a bird crashed through the window and fell to the floor. You will remember, those of you who were there, how it jerked its wings before dying, and left a spot of blood on the floor after it was removed. But who among you was first to notice the negative bird it left in the window? Who first saw the shadow that the bird left behind, the shadow that drew blood from any finger that dared to trace it, the shadow that was better proof of the bird's existence than the bird ever was?”

Firsts Remember Left Behinds Existence Saws Blood Dying Bird Shadow Negative Window Wings Fingers Proof Spots Remember When Left Behind

Book:Everything Is Illuminated

Source: Everything Is Illuminated

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