"If you want to make information stick, it's best to learn it, go away from it for a while, come back to it later, leave it behind again, and once again return to it - to engage with it deeply across time. Our memories naturally degrade, but each time you return to a memory, you reactivate its neural network and help to lock it in."

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Source : "How I learned a language in 22 hours" by Joshua Foer, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2012.

Joshua Foer

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“Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.”
“The passion for travelling is, I believe, instinctive in some natures. We have seen men persevere in their enterprises against the most formidable obstacles; and, without means or friends, and even ignorant of the languages of the various countries through which they passed, pursue their perilous journeys into remote places, until, like the knight in the Arabian tale, they succeeded in snatching a memorial from every shrine they visited.”

Source : James Holman (2009). “A Voyage Round the World: Volume I, Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832”, p.6, The Floating Press
“Given that a few days ago we had a terrible accident, a tragic terrorist attack in Barajas, in Madrid, I would like to propose to you that we show our complete condemnation, our most intense revulsion, and that we show profound solidarity with the victims.”
“It takes time because the habitual response to that is very deep. It goes back to our earliest responses as babies. You have to feel safe, and if a sound is threatening, you're going to be upset. There are those early responses, depending on how and what kind of experiences you had.”

Source : Source: www.artpractical.com
“Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.”

Source : "Author Caroline Leavitt Talks about Pictures of You". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. January 25, 2011.
“Insomnia is only mind over mattress.”
“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.”
“Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the highest taxes the world has ever known.”

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