Gerald Stern Quotes
I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness.
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My brother Joseph, who is 14 years older than me, was already on his national military compulsory service when I was 4 years old, the age from which I remember myself.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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When I finally finished the 'Two Suns' tour, which went on for quite a long time, I felt like a bit of a husk. And I remember thinking, 'I need to spend some time in one place, and just be at home.' So I guess the first year of that three and a half years was spent just trying to kind of get back to normal again.
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It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again!
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Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.
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My very beloved and deceased third-grade teacher, Cliff Kehod, was the one that I really remember calling me Ike a lot. It just stuck. It is a dog's name, but I love dogs.
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It's hard to remember a time when I wasn't writing.
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I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.
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A movie with nothing but violence is not a good movie. But one that is actually entertaining around the horror is one that people will remember and watch again and again.
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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.
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When I joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1992, there were no female four-star generals. I still remember the day in 2008 when a woman first achieved that rank.
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Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide the Democratic alternative: compassionate deficit reduction.
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London 2012 was the toughest time in our relationship but also the best. Things could get fractious - we were both competing for gold - but standing next to my brother on the start line for a home Olympics was so special. I remember saying: 'Let's go.'
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You have to remember that Finnish people hate art.
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I hope the people remember Dolce & Gabbana for the sensuality, for the Mediterranean sense, for our honesty to the life.
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There can be no democracy without observing the law and everyone must observe it - that is the most basic and important thing that we all should remember.
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For centuries, building materials were free. You want to build a house, you cut down some trees. But we haven't been thinking about the cost to the planet.
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It's hard as a young person of a different ethnicity or background to look at the TV and not see anyone who looks like you. Representation is very important.
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If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.
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For those of us imprisoned in Poland, the Prague Spring was a harbinger of hope.
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I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness.
