A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
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Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.
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Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them.
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When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the limbo of yesteryear's happy hours. All that the comedian has to show for his years of work and aggravation is the echo of forgotten laughter.
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For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros
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The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value.
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Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.
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Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life.... If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
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I discovered that what's really important for a creator isn't what we vaguely define as inspiration or even what it is we want to say, recall, regret, or rebel against. No, what's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is what unites memory or recollection, ideology, sentiment, nostalgia, presentiment, to the way we express all that. It's not what we say but how we say it that matters.
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Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.
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Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them
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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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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
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'
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I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and try to make pancakes
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Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating with complex programming and intricate wiring a feat his wife handles quite well without fuss or fanfare
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Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
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The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
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A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
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You can shed tears that she is gone, <br/>or you can smile because she has lived.<br/>You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,<br/>or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.<br/>Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,<br/>or you can be full of the love you shared.<br/>You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, <br/>or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.<br/>You can remember her only that she is gone,<br/>or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.<br/>You can cry and close your mind, <br/>be empty and turn your back.<br/>Or you can do what she'd want: <br/>smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
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