Joshua Foer Quotes

Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your mind's eye. That's an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition.

Joshua Foer

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ImaginationTrainingCompetitionFun

Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.

Jenny McCarthy

MorningHopeParentsMissionWayUs

'Monday Night Raw' has been a huge part of my life, and when you think about it, I mean, life imitated art. That is how I met my husband.

Stephanie McMahon

LifeArtMondayNightHusbandThink

I would have to say my favorite place on Earth is Bora Bora.

Robert Ballard

PlaceEarthSayFavoriteWould

I'd kill to be 'Doctor Who.' Maybe they could make the Doctor two people? He has got two hearts, after all.

Robert Webb

PeopleDoctorTwo PeopleTwoHearts

When you are part of a community for 14 years, it inevitably shapes you. I will always have a part of Ferrari beside me; a part of my heart will always be red.

Michael Schumacher

CommunityHeartRedMeYouWill

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

Joshua Foer

ScienceWayScience FictionCraft

If the clockwork universe equated the human body with the mechanics of the clock, the digital universe now equates human consciousness with the processing of the computer. We joke that things don't compute, that we need a reboot, or that our memory has been wiped.

Douglas Rushkoff

MemoryUniverseBodyNowClockNeed

If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to engage with the other Africa.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

DeathThinkMediaYouImportant

I respect artists so much, and I absolutely love music as the ultimate art.

Christie Brinkley

LoveMusicRespectArtArtistsMuch

I love '80s rock music. I was fascinated with Stevie Nicks when I was growing up.

Bresha Webb

LoveMusicGrowing UpGrowingRock

An important fraction of United States industry adheres to the idea that research of a fundamental character is worthwhile from a practical point of view.

William Shockley

CharacterResearchViewPoint Of View

I knew nothing about the industry, I didn't go to fashion school, but I was brave enough to do things in a different way.

Peter Nygard

SchoolBraveFashionEnoughNothing

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