"We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their retelling."

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Source : Mira Bartok (2011). “The Memory Palace: A Memoir”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

Mira Bartok

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“Consider a 15- or 20-year fixed-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year, if you can afford the monthly payments - they may not be as high as you think.”
“I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.”
“It's a bit disappointing when board members who don't know a thing about football are making decisions on your career. When you look at it you've got coaches, senior players and CEO's who wanted me but then it gets to a board meeting and you've got fat businessmen who are making the decision on your career. It was frustrating and it made me a bit angry.”
“Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.”
“We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.”

Source : "Tea Party Victory Shakes Up New York Politics". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 22, 2010.
“There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.”
“I have a personal motto that I live by, which is feel the fear and do it anyway. If you fail, you get up and you keep trying again.”
“And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there are positive and negative aspects to all of these.”

Source : "It's All In Your Head: Director Pete Docter Gets Emotional In 'Inside Out'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 10, 2015.

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