"What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten. And to do it quickly. Many competitive mnemonists argue that their skills are less a feat of memory than of creativity."

-- Joshua Foer

#Memories Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Skills Quotes

“The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.”
“First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. & And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.”
“Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.”
“Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.”

Source : "Annie Allen". Book by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1949.
“I never sexually took advantage of being Davy Jones. I wasnâ€™t the kind of guy who would hit on a girl on the road and have casual sex. I donâ€™t have casual sex”
“I have a great love for cuisine, so Im always interested in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, spices and ingredients in India.”
“When you want something so badly, you just do it. You don't think about how hard it's going to be.”
“When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable animated instrument which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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