Joshua Foer Quotes

As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

Joshua Foer

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MemoriesColleaguesBadPhoneNames

As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.

Joanne Froggatt

PersonActorThingsLikeChallenging

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn because it's producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide.

Jeremy Rifkin

YouWeedsCornBecauseYourMeans

It's not unreasonable to ask folks to stay clean in order to receive federal assistance.

Stephen Fincher

CleanAskOrderStayUnreasonable

Young people are not immune to following God's commands concerning discipline.

Monica Johnson

GodDisciplinePeopleYoungImmune

'Blackheart' was the moment for me to really open up and let people into the world that is me.

Dawn Richard

MomentPeopleMeWorldOpenUp

Nonviolence is the only credible response to the violence we're seeing around the world.

Coretta Scott King

WorldViolenceSeeingNonviolence

I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.

CM Punk

PositiveGoalsForwardLooksDone

I've never been very practical or realistic - I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it?

Claire Messud

EasyWhyNeverProjectAlwaysBeen

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Brian Eno

ActionRealityEmotionDemands

Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.

Bode Miller

YourselfSkiingWinProudFeelYou

I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.

Antony Garrett Lisi

MindOutsideAfraidTheoryCapacity

Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.

William Rose Benet

BlueMeLitOblivionSmiledLargely

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