Memory Quotes

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Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your… — William Zinsser
My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three. — Mark E. Smith
For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory. — Rachael Taylor
Memory works according to meaning, and when something is important to you, the Google in your brain brings it forward all of a sudden. — Stephen Tobolowsky
As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of… — Ayelet Waldman
If you meditate your mind will become razor sharp. Your memory and retention will be superb. New talents and abilities will begin to unfold. You… — Frederick Lenz
I think one of the finest gifts I can give my friends in the holiday season is to pause with a long enough quality to… — Mary Anne Radmacher
A life rooted deeply lives and grows in memory. — Mary Anne Radmacher
We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
Your body has such a memory. — Kristanna Loken
Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available, the ultimate laptop must turn all its matter into energy. — Seth Lloyd
In the broad sense, as a processing of everything one hears or witnesses, all fiction is autobiographical - imagination ground through the mill of memory.… — Rohinton Mistry
Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me. — James MacArthur
Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct. — St. Vincent
From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are the tops, but… — Kevin Whately
I like the fact that by mimicking the way memory works, a writer can actually write in a fluid way - one solid scene doesn't… — Kazuo Ishiguro
What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much… — John Hersey
Not only is the Napoleonic dream stronger today in our imaginations than it has ever been, but one can already feel the slow falling away… — John Ralston Saul
Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age… — Paul Davies
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one… — Mary Catherine Bateson

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