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  • Anne Stevenson I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Anthony Holden I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Bryan Adams I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Abbey Lincoln I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a radio on the farm, and it was during the second World War. I had three brothers in that war who went overseas.
    Abbey Lincoln
    American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress (1930 - 2010)
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  • Audre Lorde I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Beatrix Potter I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...
    Source: Journal entry
    Beatrix Potter
    English writer, illustrator and conservationist (1866 - 1943)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Butch Trucks I remember somebody came in with Chicago Transit Authority, and we listened to it one time.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Diana Spencer Princess of Wales I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people’s hands, people used to be shocked because they’d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.
    Diana Spencer Princess of Wales
    British princess
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  • Dorothy Parker I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
    Dorothy Parker
    American humoristic writer (1893 - 1967)
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  • Andrew Carnegie I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Michael Moore I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.
    Michael Moore
    American documentary filmmaker, activist, and author (1954 - )
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  • Alexander Dubcek I responded that we needed a private sector to improve the market situation and make peoples lives easier.
    Alexander Dubcek
    Czechoslovak and Slovak politician (1921 - 1992)
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  • Charles Dickens I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Aileen Wuornos I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.
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  • Jonathan Swift I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • T. S. Eliot I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Nikos Kazantzakis I said to the almond tree, ''Friend, speak to me of God,'' and the almond tree blossomed.
    Nikos Kazantzakis
    Greek writer (1883 - 1957)
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  • Angela Merkel I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Anne Tyler I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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