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Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Part of being creative is not being super-duper

Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: You work now so you can rest later,"

You work now so you can rest later," he told the student. "You carry your books now so someone else can carry your books later. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: In a sense, the elaborate system of externalized

In a sense, the elaborate system of externalized memory we've created is a way of fending off mortality. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: I decided to make memorizing a part of

I decided to make memorizing a part of my daily routine. Like flossing. Except I was actually going to do it. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: The more we remember, the better we are

The more we remember, the better we are at processing the world. And the better we are at processing the world, the more we can remember about it. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: We can only think about roughly seven things

We can only think about roughly seven things at a time. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: The way to get better at a skill

The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Sometimes I'd take off my earmuffs and memory

Sometimes I'd take off my earmuffs and memory goggles and turn around to discover that my father had been standing in the doorway, just watching me. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain

A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: paradox - it takes knowledge to gain knowledge

paradox - it takes knowledge to gain knowledge - is — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Our culture is an edifice built of externalized

Our culture is an edifice built of externalized memories. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Sequencing - the careful striptease by which you

Sequencing - the careful striptease by which you reveal information to the reader - matters in an article, but it is absolutely essential to a book. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: We don't remember isolated facts; we remember things

We don't remember isolated facts; we remember things in context. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Memory is like a spiderweb that catches new

Memory is like a spiderweb that catches new information. The more it catches, the bigger it grows. And the bigger it grows, the more it catches. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Experts step outside their comfort zone and study

Experts step outside their comfort zone and study themselves failing. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Junk food in: junk brain. Healthy food in:

Junk food in: junk brain. Healthy food in: healthy brain, he said. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Life seems to speed up as we get

Life seems to speed up as we get older because life gets less memorable as we get older. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Kissing could have begun as a way of

Kissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who's who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and

To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Students need to learn how to learn. First

Students need to learn how to learn. First you teach them how to learn, then you teach them what to learn. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Learning texts is worth doing not because it's

Learning texts is worth doing not because it's easy but because it's hard. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: The brain best remembers things that are repeated,

The brain best remembers things that are repeated, rhythmic, rhyming, structured, and above all easily visualized. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Somewhere in your mind there's a trace from

Somewhere in your mind there's a trace from everything you've ever seen. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: We all have remarkable capacities asleep inside of

We all have remarkable capacities asleep inside of us. If only we bothered ourselves to awaken them. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: There are no limits. There are plateaus, but

There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: When you want to get good at something,

When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: The secret to improving at a skill is

The secret to improving at a skill is to retain some degree of conscious control over it while practicing - to force oneself to stay out of autopilot. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: When we first hear [a] word, we start

When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hooks into it that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: What makes things memorable is that they are

What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Once upon a time, this idea of having

Once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: What better way to try to begin to

What better way to try to begin to understand the nature and meaning of human memory than to investigate its absence? — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: If you want to live a memorable life,

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: I believe that they who wish to do

I believe that they who wish to do easy things without trouble and toil must previously have been trained in more difficult things, — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Who we are and what we do it

Who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: To think," Borges writes, "is to forget.

To think," Borges writes, "is to forget. — Joshua Foer

Joshua Foer Quotes By Joshua Foer: Our lives are the sum of our memories.

Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by ... not paying attention? — Joshua Foer