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One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our

One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when were idling in front of our computer screens. – 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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Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. – Joshua Foer

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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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Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: its more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race. – Jonathan Sacks

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If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them. – Luciano Pavarotti

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Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. – Douglas MacArthur

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Before I travelled my road I was my road. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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