"Our lives are structured by our memories of events. Event X happened just before the big Paris vacation. I was doing Y in the first summer after I learned to drive. Z happened the weekend after I landed my first job. We remember events by positioning them in time relative to other events."

-- Joshua Foer

#Summer Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Memories Quotes

“Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth,-as some kinds of creatures do their food; to be ruminated upon.”
“Rather than trying to recover and maintain a tradition that links back to the past (and former glories), Chaos Magick is an approach that enables the individual to use anything that s/he thinks is suitable as a temporary belief or symbol system. What matters is the results you get, not the 'authenticity' of the system used. So Chaos Magic then, is not a system - it utilises systems and encourages adherents to devise their own, giving magic a truly Postmodernist flavour.”
“I'm going to ask the three executives here to raise their hand if they flew here commercial. Let the record show no hands went up. Second, I'm going to ask you to raise your hand if you're planning to sell your jet in place now and fly back commercial. Let the record show no hands went up.”

Source : Brad Sherman during Automotive Industry Assistance Hearing, www.c-span.org. November 19, 2008.
“Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws.”
“The logic of war seems to be if the belligerent can fight, he will fight. That leaders will not surrender until surrender is academic. How is a national leader to explain the sacrifice of so much for nothing?”

Source : Thomas Powers (1982). “Thinking about the next war”, Alfred A. Knopf
“Independence didn't have to be exile.”
“The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee...”
“Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.”

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