Joshua Foer Quotes
Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your minds eye. Thats an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition.Joshua Foer
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
Rafael Nadal -
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
Hanoi Hannah -
There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.
Malcolm Gladwell -
I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners.
Ice Cube -
I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.
Marat Safin
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In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
M.I.A. -
Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
Victoria Abril -
I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.
Harmon Killebrew -
What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
Gary Oldman -
So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch the cartoons, they absolutely love it.
Yaya Han -
Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.
Kate Hudson
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Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.
Yousuf Karsh -
For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary.
Fabrice Muamba -
Be content - Expansions, diffusions - content to be The unspotted imbecile revery, The heraldic center of the world Of blue, blue sleek with a hundred chins, The amorist Adjective aflame...
Wallace Stevens -
… when was a woman ever witty without being bitter?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon -
Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.
Ludwig Wittgenstein -
On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
Bob Barr
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
R. C. Sproul -
Experts say that children are not born criminals, nor pampered parasites. They are made that way by the environment in which they live.
J. Edgar Hoover -
I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.
Kelly Clarkson -
Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.
Chogyam Trungpa -
You have to stand up for some things in this world.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas -
Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your minds eye. Thats an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition.
Joshua Foer