Joshua Foer Quotes

The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch-up.

Joshua Foer

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RestRememberYearPlayNewKind

Colorado needs a governor who brings people together to create jobs and cut government spending.

John Hickenlooper

TogetherGovernmentPeopleCreate

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

Matthew Arnold

DeathMeFriendsGoAirRoom

Families, when they get a housing voucher, they move a lot less. They move into better neighborhoods. Their kids go to the same school more consistently. Their kids have more food, and they get stronger. There are massive returns.

Matthew Desmond

FoodSchoolBetterStrongerGoMore

There's a remarkable power about reading together, reading collectively, that's brought out by reading groups.

Matthew Pearl

PowerTogetherReadingOutAbout

My father and I never really achieved a real relationship. We probably saw each other 20 or 25 times in our lifetime.

Jean-Michel Jarre

FatherRelationshipNeverRealSaw

God gave us dreams, but he gave us kids to make all those dreams worthwhile. And when I look at all my kids, I say everything that I've ever went through in my life was worthwhile.

Tracy Morgan

LifeDreamsGodMy LifeLookSay

I grew up with a lot of brothers, and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.

Mickalene Thomas

MeImportantAlwaysUpSomething

I actually cried during 'Titanic'. It was one of the few movies I've seen in the theater multiple times.

Jason Earles

MoviesTitanicSeenTheaterActually

I would want to know if, at 15, if my daughter loves me the way she does right now. And if she's proud of me, just because I want to be a good example for her, and seeing her grow and how much she loves Daddy saying 'Daddy, te quiero mucho,' which means 'I like you a lot,' those are the things that melt my heart.

Juan Pablo Galavis

RestaurantYouPersonNowWantMeet

When I used to go into bars people would try and fight me. Women would punch me 10 years ago or put cigarettes out on my arm or my face. But it doesn't seem to happen any more. They show us a lot of love.

Johnny Knoxville

LoveWomenFightPeopleMeFace

What I really want is an Oscar.

Anne Reid

WantReallyOscar

It's hard enough to be a middle-school kid, because you're dealing with so many facets of your identity - you're changing socially, you're changing physically, you're changing emotionally, everything is in flux, and to put race on top of that as well and have to figure out your racial identity is extremely hard.

Rick Riordan

IdentityEnoughYouRaceTopKid

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