There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.
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I find myself having these conversations where I go.. You know, the guy, in that place. The guy in the place with the thing, you know. And it becomes this game of charades. And then finally, we realize that I mean the Pope.
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Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.
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Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone
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Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first that dies
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Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.
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The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
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Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times
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Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge
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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin
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We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in rational inquiries, but many other intellectual pleasures
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There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.
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You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.
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My first memory is of the brightness of light.. Light all around. I was sitting among pillows on a quilt on the ground.. Very large white pillows..
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The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burdens of the past.
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Nostalgia: A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane.
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We cannot change our memories, but we can change their meaning and the power they have over us
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We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us
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Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.
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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.
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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good
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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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