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Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory. – Joshua Foer

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The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether well rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually. – Joshua Foer

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Weve outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that theyre failing us. – Joshua Foer

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Someday in the distant cyborg future, when our internal and external memories fully merge, we may come to possess infinite knowledge. But thats not the same thing as wisdom. – Joshua Foer

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A poor joke must invent its own laughter. – Proverb

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The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. – Lenny Bruce

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I like humor. – David Yates

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If youre that hypersensitive about color and dont have a sense of humor, dont marry out of your race. – Laura Schlessinger

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