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But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.


Anselm Kiefer

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JOHN WOODEN from all the graces of my homeland
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“Mine is erratic,” he said i...
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EMILIE AUTUMN I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.
ELIE WIESEL My father's memory is impaired, but mostly he's just an old man.
JOAN FELT So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
HELEN KELLER I do a good job of blocking painful, unnecessary things from my memory.
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JOHN GREEN Don't talk to me."
"Why not?"
"Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Mal...
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THOMAS MERTON I knew I would hate my best memory because it would prove that people could fake love or that love c...
MONA SIMPSON She said believe in yourself and believe in your dreams. I took away those words and will keep them ...
DOMINIQUE DAWES The memory is like a cat scratching my heart.
MARINA OSWALD Lord, keep my memory green.
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SALLY MANN My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three.
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ANNE SPOLLEN I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endu...
ANNA AKHMATOVA My earliest memory is dreamlike: in a small orchard or garden I am carried on the arm, I believe, of...
IMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY The hair is gone, the black beard is gone, my arm is gone, but that memory will never die.
BRUCE SUTTER If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
A. E. HOUSMAN If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument ca...
AGESILAUS II I am very wanted in my homeland. I am part of the scenery, part of the region. I resemble it.
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LOUIE ANDERSON I want to dedicate this to the memory of my grandmother, who started this whole family singing thing...
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JAMILA WOODS The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear t...
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DAVE MAGARITY I knew exactly what I wanted to do: I wanted to build a brand of clothing around my own attitude and...
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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO When my family all got together, I'd always get up and entertain everyone, but it was all a bit ...
DUFFY I would forget it fain; But, O, it presses to my memory, like damned guilty deeds to a sinners mind.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The opportunity was to go to a young, up-and-coming team, ... It's always nice to come back and say ...
CORY STILLMAN My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.
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