“The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.” WorldImportantPastFormFeltMemoriesCasesCupsFranceChampionshipInjuredWorld CupGreat Memories Author:Michel Patini
“Thanks for the memory Of lingerie with lace, Pilsner by the case And how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace How lovely it was!” MemoriesCasesLovelyThanksLaceAcesLingerieMy One And Only Author:Leo Robin
“Mothers ... would do anything to steer their daughter the right way. It is frustrating beyond measure for them when a daughter screams, 'You don't understand, and you'll never understand!' The mother stamps her foot in aggravation, but in this case the daughter is right: the mother doesn't understand. She merely remembers, and memory is separate from experience.” WayRememberMotherMemoriesCasesFeetDaughterScreamRight WayStampsFrustratingSteersAggravation Author:Caitlin Flanagan
“Some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them. And that happens to be the case even with memories that are not true.” HappensMemoriesCasesCompelling Author:Daniel Kahneman
“The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance.” PeopleWarMemoriesCasesIssuesGenerationsMediaCreationIgnoranceWestIraqManipulationMy GenerationIraq WarMedia ManipulationInvading Iraq Author:Julian Assange
“Creativity comes from the part of the brain that is veritable soup of experiences, memories and influences. We really don't like to start questioning exactly where it comes from, in case it stops coming.” MemoriesBrainCreativityCasesInfluenceQuestioningSoup Author:Rhianna Pratchett
“I don't find that writing about parts of my life had much effect except in some cases to improve my memory. To get into parts of the past I want to recall very vividly, I use a form of directed meditation.” WantWritingUsePastFormMemoriesCasesMeditationEffectsRecalls Author:Marge Piercy
“We don't all see the same way at all. Even if I'm sitting looking at you, there is always the memory of you as well. And a memory is now. So someone who's never met you before is seeing a different person. That's bound to be the case. We all see something different. I assume most people don't look very hard at anything.” PeopleIfsWayWellsLooksPersonsDifferentHardMemoriesCasesSeeingMetsSittingAssumingBounds Author:David Hockney
“Sometimes I would be very upset because my memories are very murky from my childhood, but there are certain emotional memories or emotional truths that are painful, and things that I know to be the case and I had to nail them down, and that was difficult.” KnowsSometimesWould BeCertainDifficultMemoriesCasesChildhoodEmotionalDown AndPainfulUpsetNails Author:Justin Torres
“Films, like memories, seem to re-shoot themselves over the years, reflecting our latest needs and obsessions. In many cases they can change completely, and reveal unexpected depths and shallows. Will Four Weddings and a Funeral be seen one day as a vicious social satire? Could Jaws become as tearful and sentimental as Bambi?” NeedsYearsSeemsFilmSocialMemoriesCasesFourOne DayDepthObsessionUnexpectedSatireFuneralSentimentalViciousReflectingOur Wedding Author:J. G. Ballard
“In the case of two actors connecting with each other and trusting each other, our bodies have memories without us having to consciously think about it, so rather than think, "Oh, I must think about my daughter dying," you just let that go and trust that you have all the emotions you need in there, and by losing yourself in the scene, that stuff kicks in without having to spend the day thinking about horrific things happening to your own child.” ThinkingNeedsChildrenTwoBodyActorsStuffMemoriesEmotionCasesDyingSceneLosingHappeningsDaughterThings HappenKicksMy DaughterConnectingLosing YourselfHorrificTrusting Each Other Author:Michael Sheen
“However, for story reasons, we needed to represent them in certain ways. One of the things that sort of blew me away that I didn't know when we started is that memories are completely susceptible to change. And this is, you know, one of the many reasons why certain people are trying to get it taken out - eyewitness testimony in court cases because it's very unreliable.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingReasonStoriesCertainMemoriesCasesTakenNeededCourtReason WhyTestimonySusceptibleUnreliableEyewitnessesCourt Cases Author:Pete Docter
“There have been studies done on people who meditate and they have found that they actually have increased grey matter in certain parts of their brain and more neural conductivity, meaning more connections between certain parts of the brain. They have increased capacity for, in some cases, memory, or reasoning.” PeopleHas BeensMatterDoneCertainFoundMemoriesBrainCasesStudyCapacityConnectionsReasoningGreyGrey Matter Author:Jennifer Ashton
“Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true.” LittlesHappensRememberMemoriesCasesDoubtOddCompelling Author:Daniel Kahneman