"I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does."

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Source : Virgilia Peterson (1961). “A Matter of Life and Death”, Bantam Books

Virgilia Peterson

#Memories Quotes #Doe Quotes #Choke Quotes

“I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.”
“There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie.”
“We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.”
“The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.”
“You can't cover people with perceptions because we are all different.”
“I saw Suicide in '74 and it was pretty horrifying.”
“We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.”
“I look at him as some other person I need to beat.”

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