A Quote by Ann Brashares

When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgot.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
American - Novelist
Born: July 30, 1967

You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.

Idries Shah

In a way, as an actor, you do all the preparation and then you want to forget it and just play the scene. As a director, you can't forget it because somebody will remind you that you forgot something. But you can know your plan well enough that you still have a certain amount of freedom.

Thomas Gibson

I forgot to remember to forget.

Elvis Presley

'iCarly' was one of my first major jobs, actually. I went into that audition and completely failed at it. I completely bombed... I forgot my lines. When I forget my lines, I kind of get angry. They had me do it again; I remembered them, and I booked it.

Matthew Moy

Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I was, forgot to be.

Samuel Beckett

The public forgot Bofors, soon they will forget this as well

Sushilkumar Shinde

A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,” answered Henry. “Correct,” said Stuart. “Those are the important things. You forgot one thing, though. Mary Bendix, what did Henry Rackmeyer forget?” “He forgot ice cream with chocolate sauce on it,” said Mary quickly.

E. B. White

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.

Joan Didion

It might seem as the hardest thing to do, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.

Nicholas Sparks

Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.

Rebecca Stead

Oh, yeah, I do movies; I forgot. They see them on TV. I forget that anybody knows me

Shannon Tweed

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.

Paula Danziger

Why is it that we always remember that people forget; but we always forget that they remember?I used to remember...but I forgot!

Merrit Malloy

If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what never changed is this: They never forgot your generosity. They never forgot the power of opportunity. They never forgot the American dream.

Michael Mullen

When we were in the Dark Ages, it was a question of humanity somehow managing to forget about itself. We put God in the centre of society, and people forgot about their own nature and desires. There was a huge deal of repression.