Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
Candace Cameron Bure -
I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
Jack Falahee -
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
Malala Yousafzai -
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields -
I slept in van Gogh's bed. I worked in the room where he painted. I saw the place where he was cared for when he cut off his ear. I lived in the jail cell where he stayed. And I looked out the window. You remember that picture of the cornfields through the bars? That was what I saw.
Irving Stone -
It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
Vera Farmiga
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Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.
Odell Beckham, Jr. -
I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I was a very religious child - I went to synagogue at least once, sometimes twice, a day. And I remember my religiousness as good - I think religion is good for children, especially educated children, because it allows for imagination, a whole imaginative world apart from the practical world.
Yehuda Amichai -
It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I don't really remember much about the '60s at all. You know, 1970 is the first year I remember pretty well.
Hank Azaria
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My Safari bookmarks only sync intermittently across my Apple devices. Unlike Amazon's Kindle app for Apple products, the company's iBooks doesn't remember where I left off unless I set a bookmark.
Walt Mossberg -
Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
When planning your wedding you make so many decisions: 'Do I want this fork or that fork?' But in the end people aren't going to remember what napkin holder you choose.
Lara Stone -
There is never no hope left. Remember.
Larry Niven -
We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.
Hillary Clinton -
And I remember what she said to meHow she swore that it never would endI remember how she held me oh so tightWish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
Bob Seger
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I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But then my mom, who was in the room with me, said my name in her 'mom voice,' and I just lost it. I didn't realize that she knew or that anyone knew.
Lauren Alaina -
You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!
Aly Raisman -
My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years.
Louis Sachar -
The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president.
William Howard Taft -
It is not so easy to always remember who you are.
Catherynne M. Valente