“Don’t ever forget where you came from” usually means “don’t forget your roots.” A joke was posted on Twitter by “John Carpenter’s The Alex Nevil” on September 23, 2018:
“Don’t ever forget where you came from. That’s most likely where you left your car.”
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John Carpenter’s The Alex Nevil
@TheAlexNevil
Don’t ever forget where you came from. That’s most likely where you left your car.
7:46 PM · Sep 23, 2018·Crowdfire Inc.
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Blake Maag
@blake_maag
Don’t ever forget where you came from. That’s most likely where you left your car.
11:05 AM · Oct 1, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
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Blake Maag
@blake_maag
Don’t ever forget where you came from. That’s most likely where you left your damn car.
12:14 PM · Oct 1, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Sun Control of Minnesota
@suncontrolmn
Don’t ever forget where you came from. That’s most likely where you left your car. #ThursdayThoughts
12:17 PM · Nov 14, 2019·Twitter Web App
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Don’t ever forget where you came from. That’s where you left your car.
10:21 AM · Sep 24, 2022·Twitter Web App
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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