"I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst?"

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Source : "Fictional character: Narrator". "Sans Soleil", www.imdb.com. 1983.

Chris Marker

#Memories Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Trying Quotes

“All I can do is be my best - there will always be people who will never like me.”

Source : "Jamie Lynn Spears: "The Last Time Anyone Heard From Me, I Was 16 and Pregnant"". Interview with Wendy Shanker, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2012.
“There is a place called â€˜heavenâ€™ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet.”
“Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.”

Source : Mikhail Lermontov (2009). “A Hero Of Our Time”, p.64, The Overlook Press
“It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.”

Source : Paul Ricoeur (2016). “Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences”, p.175, Cambridge University Press
“It's important for me to make sure that the men see and recognize that that woman is their equal.”
“One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'”
“I was so lucky to have parents who supported me, 100%, with whatever I was doing, both financially and emotionally. Having that they made my life so much easier. Instead of becoming a bartender and trying to survive while trying to pursue your dreams, I didn't have to worry about that aspect. I could just pursue my dreams.”
“Twenty miles out of town. A million miles from the life you left behind.”

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