Remembered Quotes - Page 18

• Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.

  Eminem

  Love, Feel Good, Mics

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• But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Brother, Fighting, People

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• Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive.

  Morgan Freeman

  Kings, Memories, Rights

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• Tony Blair will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid.

  George Galloway

  Cliffs, Blair, Bottom

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• For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Passion, Men, Personality

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• I'd like to be remembered as someone who showed up for the job. I consider myself a worker.

  Ernie Harwell

  Jobs, Reconstruction, Workers

  Ernie Harwell (2004). “Life after baseball”

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• I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.

  Salma Hayek

  Character, Thinking, Knows

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• To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

  William Hazlitt

  Memories, Poor, Contempt

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1518, Delphi Classics

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• I also learned to play Fruit Ninja on an iPad. It is quite hypnotic, and I hope one day to get past 100 points. I remembered that David Cameron admits to being an addict. I wonder if it helps him in his work. 'Great, just destroyed a pineapple! Reminds me, shall we send those grenades to the Syrian rebels?'

  Simon Hoggart

  Past, Play, Ipads

  "Simon Hoggart's week: the new Christmas traditions" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2012.

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• I love getting dressed up, but I want to be remembered for my singing.

  Jessie J

  Singing, Want, Dressed Up

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life.

  LeBron James

  Home, Ohio

  "Lebron, Brazil, and Legacy" by David Sable, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 14, 2014.

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• The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

  Samuel Johnson

  Conversation, Impression, Effects

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.45

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• When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

  Samuel Johnson

  Suffering, Tragedy, Firsts

  "Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson".

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• That we must all die, we always knew, I wish I had sooner remembred it.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wish, Dies

  "The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume IV: 1782-1784".

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• I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.

  Jerry Lewis

  Nice, Want, I Can

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• I want to be remembered for the work that I've done, rather than the car accidents that I've gotten into, the men that I've not dated - or the man that I have.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Men, Car, Done

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• She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.

  Paul McCartney

  Queens, Rocks, Reign

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• When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

  Freddie Mercury

  Musician, Substance, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.

  Lionel Messi

  Football, Team, Player

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• The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.

  Camille Paglia

  Enemy, Nasty, Said

  Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.317, Vintage

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• My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Long, Goal, Remember

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• It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.

  Gilbert Parker

  Friendship, Men, Years

  Gilbert Parker (1798). “Mrs. Falchion”, p.173

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• Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of movie that reminds us why we watch them and make them, a beautifully told story that deserves to be not only remembered, but acknowledged for its writing.

  Jason Reitman

  Writing, Thought Provoking, Watches

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• Donna Summer would be remembered as a ground-breaking artist today even if she'd retired the day after she recorded 'I Feel Love' in 1977.

  Rob Sheffield

  Summer, Artist, Would Be

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• The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist. You're going to always be remembered for them, no matter what you do.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Memorable, Men, Two

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