Let us not forget that Mr. Hitler was Austrian. . . . I always get into terrible fights with the newspapermen there, because I remember my days in school. I remember the attitudes.
Billy Wilder
Related Sometimes we want something so much that God will have us give it up so we can grow (I CANNOT REMEMBER) When I was young, my mother would not let me get my ears pierced because I used to get into too many... KELLY HU I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a te... JUDY GREER I remember making that vow, the one not to forget. Not to remember what happened, but to remember wh... NEIL GAIMAN There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember ITALO SVEVO I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. CONFUCIUS I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the... TOMMY LASORDA I always remember liking school. DAMON LINDELOF I remember going to see Billy Graham in a cinema in Glasgow, and he was down in London. I used to go... JOHANN LAMONT That's all I did. That's why I built the thing. I remember I'd always come home after school and dra... DALE INGRAM Forget what i said... Always remember what i did n't. SAURABH MALIK I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The gi... MARILYN MONROE There are many things in my life I want to forget. But this I intend to remember. BRYNN KELLY There [have] been reunion shows and they've been terrible, 'I remember this, and I remember that, an... ROSE MARIE I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here. RICHARD SERRA I remember once when my son got a bloody nose at school. He came home in different clothes because t... BECKY GIJANTO I felt Mr. Smith's pop bottle in my hand, and for a second I couldn't remember why I would be carryi... ALLY CARTER I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I... MAURICE SENDAK With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God. FEDOR EMELIANENKO I forget the things I want to remember and remember the things I want to forget...It's tough being o... JASON HUME I need you because I know I deserve you but let me fall in love with you one last time before I let ... ROBERT M. DRAKE I think it's important to remember that Hitler was human and that we always need to be aware of the ... JOICHI ITO I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him. CLINT EASTWOOD I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy D... TED MCGINLEY Always remember there is nothing worth sharing, like the love that let us share our name. COLLEEN HOOVER I remember pogs and sticky hands. I remember both. I wanted to get into pogs. I remember it was, lik... NICK CARTER That was the best fastball I've ever thrown in my life. He swung and missed. I remember walking off ... JOHNNY PODRES Remember that the bad days are not forever, and the trouble which seems so terrible at last. GEORGE ORWELL I remember in middle school and high school being so concerned with what everybody else thought. I w... EMERAUDE TOUBIA What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends. J. J. WATT I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C. SARAH DESSEN I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget. A.A. MILNE Let us remember that slavery was always the law until some brave citizens stood up and said, 'This i... PATTY BERG I definitely shut down sometimes. I always just go into my own little cocoon and write, and I surrou... TRISTAN WILDS I don't even judge him on that. Everything else I remember was pleasant. That's not the Kendall I re... CHERYL SMITH There are monsters among us. There always have been and there always will be. I’ve known that ever... ROB THURMAN I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm no... ADAM MICHNIK Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. ELIE WIESEL When I face an issue of great import that cleaves both constituents and colleagues, I always take th... THOMAS H. KEAN I remember problems with Josephine because her hair was in the way. DENNIS RADER I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very... DAVID NICHOLLS When I wanted to forget, it killed me to remember and when I wanted to remember, I had the good fort... SNOOPY When I wanted to forget, it killed me to remember and when I wanted to remember, I had the good fort... EDGAR ALLAN POE I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with... BONNIE BLAIR I will never forget the things I remember. LYNN ANNE DECOLA, LPO/CPO I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and sti... HARLAN COBEN I remember the fans ... But I don't remember how I felt, because I was so excited. CHAN HO PARK I remember there were days when - and this is kind of gross - I would sleep in my uniform to save ti... STACEY FARBER I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt. PATRICK WHITE Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand. CARL ORFF Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I've been cycling ever since I was a kid. I remember taking my cycling proficiency test aged sev... ERIN O'CONNOR It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I dyed my own hair this Chocolate Cherry color, and I forget what brand it was, but I remember getti... CHRISSY TEIGEN I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my li... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next. BARBARA JOHNSON Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life in the next. BARBARA JOHNSON My love of photography is melded with the ability to capture what I want to remember in the moment I... DEVIN DYGERT When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving place... JOHN CHEEVER I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you r... LEO TOLSTOY I remember an interview so terrible with CNN's Jon Klein, I nearly blurted out, 'Forget it, ... MIKA BRZEZINSKI I remember when I got into Juilliard - which was just crazy to me, that I would be studying at a sch... SAMIRA WILEY Remember this well. There are two kind of fights. As long as we place ourselves in battle, we must a... TITE KUBO I was in grade school, and I remember lying there in that natural environment, looking up at the can... DOUG KING No, I can't remember the last time I played outfield -- not even in high school. NOMAR GARCIAPARRA I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like... HAYDEN PANETTIERE I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way to... LAURA ROBSON You know, I remember Career Day in high school. I remember plumbers and lawyers... I don't remem... JEFF FOXWORTHY I don't even remember which school it was. But I was like, I'm not even interested in majoring in ar... GREG MCELROY
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