Lana Del Rey
Singer-Songwriter
"I am nostalgic of an era I never knew."
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Nostalgic
50 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Elliott Smith
Musician
"I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly."
Lou Reed
Musician, Songwriter
"I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine."
Zadie Smith
Novelist, Essayist
"I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate."
Susan Sontag
Essayist, Critic, Activist
"But when we are nostalgic, we take pictures"
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"Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for."
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"When we're afraid we shoot. But when we're nostalgic we take pictures."
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"I'm not really a nostalgic person."
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"I am always nostalgic being in New York. Every neighborhood represents something to me. I lived here until I was 60 years old or so. So it was my life."
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"I'm in general a nostalgic person, but I don't know if I'm nostalgic for the 80s!"
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