"A bad memory is the mother of invention."

-- Gerald Brenan

#Mother Quotes #Memories Quotes #Invention Quotes

“Even when we know things, sometimes it takes words to make them concrete.”
“I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.”

Source : St. Jerome (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)”, p.207, Jazzybee Verlag
“I was born into a world that was already dying; I belong to it.”
“We were on a tour, and there were some chord formations that were tough for me to play when I was a kid...it had become apparent that there was some stuff I wanted to do that [would require me] to learn how to do that. So I wrote the song and used some of these chord formations so I would have to play them. I thought it would be a great teaching vehicle for a while, and it was, but it ended up as a performance song.”
“People buy-into what they can understand quickly. If it takes you a long time to make your point, most people think you don't have one!”
“I was bullied by a few people who were much older than me. I went to camp to learn boxing. I was 12, and my coach was 24. I felt like if I could fight him, I could stand up to anyone.”

Source : "One Direction Exclusive Interview". www.seventeen.com. October 10, 2012.
“When we remember presidents who didn't fulfill their promises - for instance George H.W. Bush saying no new taxes or Barack Obama saying he would close the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - we remember those because they're the exceptions, not the rule.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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