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    The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.

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I have short-term memory loss, though I like to think of it as Presidential eligibility.

I have short-term memory loss, though I like to think of it as Presidential eligibility.

by Paula Poundstone Found in: Memory Quotes,
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First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

by Zen Aphorism Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Pictures help you to form the mental mold...

Pictures help you to form the mental mold...

by Robert Collier Found in: Existence Quotes,
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A great many complimentary things have been said about the
faculty of memory, and if you look in a read more

A great many complimentary things have been said about the
faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you
will find them neatly arranged.

by Robertson Davies Found in: Memory Quotes,
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The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Existence Quotes,
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

by George Herbert Found in: Memory Quotes,
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To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die.

To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Memory Quotes,
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The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We read more

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

by Tryon Edwards Found in: Memory Quotes,
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