Now comes a real-life reminder of how fiercely they fight to keep them.
Soon the old house became "the Up house" – a real-life reminder of a Hollywood blockbuster, one that draws people from all over the world in the mistaken presumption that the house actually sponsored the movie.
"In this age of timid exploration goals and paltry Nasa budgets, Armstrong looms as a larger-than-life reminder of what our nation was once capable of," he said.
Lucy is a larger-than-life reminder of all the things Jenny has so tightly compartmentalized.
He was, like one the giant faces on Mt. Rushmore, a larger-than-life reminder of the nation's heritage, as well as a living example of its once-celebrated, rough-and-tumble pioneer spirit.
We are a living reminder that life isn't fair.
"It's something you see every day of your life, a reminder of the company's gratitude".
It was an awkward asterisk in their journey to a better life, a reminder of a childhood that lacked privileges taken for granted in America's suburbs.
When the candles are lighted, the artificial grass sparkles and shimmers with life — a reminder that spring is just around the corner.
One sunny afternoon this week, the giant presses at 732 North Capitol Street NW rumbled to life, a reminder that the ink-and-paper era has not yet come to an end.
Jos Luis Blondet, the exhibition's curator, has organized the show well, giving titles to all the pieces, except "Snow Falling on Snow," a mixed-media painting that is a celebration of life and reminder of the simple beauty of nature.
