Joshua Foer Quotes

Some memorizers arbitrarily associate each playing card with a familiar person or object, so that the king of clubs is represented by, say, Tony Danza. The grand masters associate each card with a person, an action, or an object so that every group of three cards can be converted into a sentence.

Joshua Foer

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With the Bond girls, they've always been these sexy but quite strong women, and that's a nice combination to design for.

Jenny Packham

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I'm a Jack of all trades character actor, really.

Steffan Rhodri

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Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Spike Milligan

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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that.

Lou Barlow

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Musicians like James Blake were a big influence on me. How he uses his vocals is amazing. And then Yeasayer and Animal Collective, who aren't pop bands exactly, but they do something that is so catchy and undeniable and so much fun.

Lorde

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Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

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I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.

Domhnall Gleeson

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The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

Thomas Mann

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Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

Thomas Edward Brown

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I've had the most incredible luck in my career.

Richard Dawson

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I have to put people in the right spot so that if they execute, we win.

Mark V. Hurd

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