Remembered Quotes - Page 17

• I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am. I'm so much more than tennis.

  Grigor Dimitrov

  Tennis, Want, All Time

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Eventually, this is how I would like to be remembered at the end of my career: He was never the best in anything he did - comedy, acting, filmmaking, writing, etc. But nobody was better at doing different things at the same time than he was.

  Takeshi Kitano

  Writing, Careers, Acting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Remembered memory is much more powerful than actually having your own memory.

  Roma Tearne

  Memories, Powerful

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

  Arthur Ashe

  Sports, Accomplishment, Tennis

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• I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.

  Rowan Atkinson

  Character, Timeless, Ageless

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• Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  W. H. Auden

  Book, Beer, Quality

  The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays pt. 1 (1962)

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• Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I cannot explain.

  Martha Beck

  Miracle, Events, Gallery

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• A drawing is an autobiographical record of one's discovery of an event - either seen, remembered or imagined. A 'finished' work is an attempt to construct an event in itself.

  John Berger

  Discovery, Drawing, Events

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• I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did - or did not do - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.

  Bono

  War, Believe, Book

  Bono's remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 2006.

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• An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Design, Personality, Corporations

  Daniel J. Boorstin (1962). “The Image or What Happened to the American Dream”

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• Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.

  Eli Broad

  Art, Civilization, People

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  I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.

  Sitting Bull

  Men, Wish, Rifles

  Sitting Bull, Mark Diedrich (1998). “Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches”

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• I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Real, Accomplishment

  "George W. Bush Reluctantly Re-Enters the Spotlight" by Mary Dooe, www.cbsnews.com. October 22, 2010.

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• An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, God, Im Sorry

  Notebooks ch. 14 (1912)

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• I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

  Orson Scott Card

  Boyfriend, Children, Dad

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• If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Children, Want, Camp Counselors

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• The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Flags, Stuff, Casting

  "Five Oscars as a Producer, Director and Screenwriter". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 17, 1994.

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• I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it.

  Kevin Costner

  Looks, Actors, Care

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• I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Kings, Men, Noble Man

  Macaulay Culkin (2006). “Junior”, Miramax Books

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• My goal is to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer.

  Bobby Darin

  Goal, Performers, Humans

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• I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.

  Bette Davis

  Husband, Flower, Democrat

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• First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy.

  Dorothy Day

  Firsts, Speak, Conspiracy

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• What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

  Louis Dudek

  Forgiveness, Memories, Wells

  Louis Dudek (1992). “Paradise: Essays on Myth, Art & Reality”, Vehicule Press

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• I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

  Robert Duvall

  Teacher, Character, Acting

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• The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.

  Umberto Eco

  Memories, Sick, Would Be

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