"Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one."

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Source : Hermann Ebbinghaus (1913). “Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology”

Hermann Ebbinghaus

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“Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.”
“We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be taking large chunks out of us, forever.”

Source : Mona Simpson (2014). “Casebook: A novel”, p.26, Vintage
“One negative person can create a miserable office environment for everyone else.”
“Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.”
“Emotion is the best mnemonic device.”
“I still feel like a weird kid who is about to take a punch in the face. So, I think it's permanent.”
“I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.”
“Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.”

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