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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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Future
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Many memory techniques involve creating unforgettable imagery, in your minds eye. Thats an act of imagination. Creating really weird imagery really quickly was the most fun part of my training to compete in the U.S. Memory Competition. – Joshua Foer

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No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any of the more than six thousand languages spoken today. – Joshua Foer

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communication
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Humor
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Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me – just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity. – Dee Dee Myers

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The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. – Alice Meynell

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I think in life, the sense of humor and comedy always exists. – Mike Epps

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I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor – a very Canadian sense of humor and I am only learning now stupidly that you cant read tongue. When I say something funny in a newspaper and I meant it to be funny, it doesnt read that way. – Michael Buble

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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. – William O. Douglas

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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened. – Jack Kevorkian

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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up. – Voltaire

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I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills. – Emeril Lagasse

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Future