"Memory is not like a container that gradually fills up, it is more like a tree growing hooks onto which memories are hung. Everything you remember is another set of hooks on which more new memories can be attached. So the capacity of memory keeps on growing. The more you know, the more you can know."

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Source : Peter Russell (2013). “The Brain Book: Know Your Own Mind and How to Use it”, p.106, Routledge

Peter Russell

#Memories Quotes #Tree Quotes #Hook Quotes

“No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.11
“Being a Christian doesn't mean I don't get stressed or upset when training doesn't go well. But even if I have those reactions, I think, 'I should pray about this.'”
“I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large part of what drives people in L.A. crazy.”
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”
“I think we owe absolutely everything to the fans.”
“Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up.”
“I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.”

Source : Joachim Pissarro, Camille Pissarro, Musée d'Orsay (2005). “Pioneering modern painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865-1885”
“The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power.”

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