Memory Quotes

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I don't decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory. — Mahmoud Darwish
A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it… — Robert Emmet
My favorite New York memory is that blizzard in '96. I get chills thinking about it. It's my favorite time here - call me crazy.… — Shalom Harlow
For such an advanced civilization as ours to be without images that are adequate to it is as serious a defect as being without memory. — Werner Herzog
The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject. — Jon Wynne-Tyson
As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in… — Edward H. Levi
I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's… — Joy Behar
Getting hurt and watching Tom Brady take over and beginning what's been just a spectacular run of his, and to come back and play in… — Drew Bledsoe
I love being at home now, improving my cooking. I've got a really bad memory, so my first attempts were a disaster - I'd forget… — Katy B
I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of international students, and… — Adelaide Clemens
Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric of fictions that… — Dan Chaon
I have a terrible memory. — Dorothy Allison
Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored… — Dorothy Allison
We can never fully repay the debt of our proud nation to those who have laid down their lives for our country. The best we… — Susan Collins
I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years.… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I've never been very attached to genre labels and never set out intentionally to write historic fiction. Besides, what you consider historic depends on how… — Charles Frazier
I have a painter's memory. I can remember things from my childhood which were so powerfully imprinted on me, the whole scene comes back. — Paula Fox
Nobody cooks anymore. To me, to watch your parents cook, and to have a house that smells warm and delicious, is a very vital memory… — Tyler Florence
I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In his day, the… — Austin Grossman
Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I… — Alma Guillermoprieto

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