Quotes with -memory

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  • Fawn M. Brodie A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become.
    Fawn M. Brodie
    American historian and biographer (1915 - 1981)
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  • Alexander Smith A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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  • Henry Giles A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.
    Henry Giles
    British Unitarian minister and writer (1809 - 1882)
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  • Bobby Fischer A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player.
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Bob Woodward After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Letitia Elizabeth Landon Ah tell me not that memory sheds gladness over the past; what is recalled by faded flowers save that they did not last?
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  • Kurt Cobain All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.
    Source: Rolling Stone Magazine, 16-04-1992
    Kurt Cobain
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1967 - 1994)
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  • Bjorn Ulvaeus All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.
    Bjorn Ulvaeus
    Swedish songwriter, producer, member of ABBA (1945 - )
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  • Toni Morrison All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Benoit Mandelbrot Although computer memory is no longer expensive, there's always a finite size buffer somewhere. When a big piece of news arrives, everybody sends a message to everybody else, and the buffer fills.
    Benoit Mandelbrot
    Polish-born French and American mathematician and polymath (1924 - 2010)
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  • Bonnie Tyler Alzheimer's is a horrible thing. Some people are naive about it. They think, 'Oh it's just your memory,' but my mother was in terrible pain. Your body closes down. She didn't know if she'd eaten or if she wanted to eat. She couldn't remember how to walk. Towards the end, she didn't know us. It came gradually, then it got worse.
    Bonnie Tyler
    Welsh singer (1951 - )
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  • John Irving And never forget, there is memory.
    Source: The World According To Garp (2012)
    John Irving
    American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (1942 - )
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  • Aulus Gellius Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.
    Aulus Gellius
    Roman author and grammarian
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Annie Dillard Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.
    Annie Dillard
    American author (1945 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Anselm Kiefer But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.
    Anselm Kiefer
    German painter and sculptor (1945 - )
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  • Anthony Bourdain Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.
    Anthony Bourdain
    American celebrity chef, author and journalist (1956 - 2018)
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  • Richard Whately Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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