"Identity is memory; when memory disappears, the self dissolves and love with it."

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Source : John Lahr (2015). “Joy Ride: Lives of the Theatricals”, p.167, Bloomsbury Publishing

John Lahr

#Memories Quotes #Self Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.”
“It's great fun to memorize somebody's biography, and then liberally play with the real facts of their life and go a step beyond reality.”

Source : "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.
“To cite my own alma mater, it's shocking to me that Yale University can teach what it teaches at the Yale School of Environmental Studies and utterly fail to mirror those values in any way in its investment practices.”
“Beyonce knows exactly what she wants, what she needs in her projects, where she wants to go. She's creating her own lane. There's really no one out there who can compete with her. She's in her own world.”
“Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases.”

Source : "Rituals". Book by Cees Nooteboom, 1980.
“Each business is a victim of Digital Darwinism, the evolution of consumer behavior when society and technology evolve faster than the ability to exploit it. Digital Darwinism does not discriminate. Every business is threatened.”

Source : Brian Solis (2014). “The Brian Solis Digital Reader”, p.378, John Wiley & Sons
“Someone should have a record that doesn't have any singing. It's my favorite Miles Davis record. I love hanging out in the summer, in New York, when it's miserably hot. I love electric Miles Davis in the summer. Jack Johnson, the songwriting especially, is a premier example of that. It always makes me feel hot in the city. It's also nice to have something not yelling in your ear. For me, as a lyricist, it's nice to put on something without any words.”
“We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use”

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