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In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing the memory. The late nineteenth and early twentieth century put memory within the paradigms of...
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

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A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

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Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.

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We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison.

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison.

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Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.

Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person.

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The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.

The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.

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That translucent alabaster of our memories.

That translucent alabaster of our memories.

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Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

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The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

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Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

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Memory: We retain: 10 percent of what we read; 20 percent of what we hear; 30 percent of what we see ?50 percent of what we hear and see; 70 percent of what we say; 90 percent of what we say and do

Memory: We retain: 10 percent of what we read; 20 percent of what we hear; 30 percent of what we see ?50 percent of what we hear and see; 70 percent of what we say; 90 percent of what we say and do

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We don't remember days; we remember moments.

We don't remember days; we remember moments.

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The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.

Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.

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A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

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We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

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This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.

This boy is dead now, I knew it before taking him in my arms, I can remember his face, his suffering, his voice.

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In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality. The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral.

In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality. The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral.

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Memory is the scribe of the soul.

Memory is the scribe of the soul.

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If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.

If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.

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If you are speaking the truth you don't have to remember anything.

If you are speaking the truth you don't have to remember anything.

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The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.

The palest ink lasts longer than the most retentive memory.

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Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

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Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

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When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.

When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets.

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Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.

Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.

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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.

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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

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That is my major preoccupation --memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.

That is my major preoccupation --memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.

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What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.

What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.

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A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

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I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.

I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.

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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

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Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

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The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo, the more he can remember the more divine his life becomes.

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo, the more he can remember the more divine his life becomes.

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The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.

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Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

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It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, No wise man ever wished to be younger.

It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, No wise man ever wished to be younger.

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I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

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Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.

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He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

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Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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So live that your memories will be part of your happiness.

So live that your memories will be part of your happiness.

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Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

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Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

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We have all forgot more than we remember.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.

The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.

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The light of memory, or rather the light that memory lends to things, is the palest light of all. I am not quite sure whether I am dreaming or remembering, whether I have lived my life or dreamed it. Just as dreams do, memory makes me profoundly aware of the unreality, the evanescence of the world, a fleeting image in the moving water.

The light of memory, or rather the light that memory lends to things, is the palest light of all. I am not quite sure whether I am dreaming or remembering, whether I have lived my life or dreamed it. Just as dreams do, memory makes me profoundly aware of the unreality, the evanescence of the world, a fleeting image in the moving water.

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Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.

Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.

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When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste. Then can I drown an eye (unused to flow) For precious friends hid in death's dateless night, and weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe, and moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, and heavily from woe to woe tell over the sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, all losses are restored and sorrows end.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste. Then can I drown an eye (unused to flow) For precious friends hid in death's dateless night, and weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe, and moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, and heavily from woe to woe tell over the sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, all losses are restored and sorrows end.

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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

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It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment --but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?

It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment --but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?

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In memory everything seems to happen to music.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

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You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.

You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.

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Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.

Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

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Of what significance are the things you can forget.

Of what significance are the things you can forget.

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Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

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But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.

But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.

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