Collective Experiences Quotes

The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms.

We want to bring the kids, the parents, the grandparents and grandkids together, we want them to have a shared viewing experience. We want the kids to talk about it in the playground, dad to talk about it down the pub, grandma to talk about it while she's out shopping.

All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?

I feel my situation is no different from anybody else's experiences.

I sing what society lives in general.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.

More than anything, I write about what I know. The experiences that I've had in my life and that we've all had collectively, that's what we draw from.

I remember Geauga Lake. I remember Six Flags. I remember going to the mall. I hung out there. These big, grand places that served as pinnacles of the community were not only institutions or places of commerce. They were communal spaces where a lot of people went and shared good memories. These are very nostalgic places.

Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state.

All the events which make the annals of the nations are but the shadows of our private experiences.