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“Some memorizers arbitrarily associate each playing card with a familiar person or object, so that the king of clubs is represented by, say, Tony Danza. The grand masters associate each card with a person, an action, or an object so that every group of three cards can be converted into a sentence.”

Persons Action Three Groups Objects Masters Kings Clubs Sentences Familiar Cards Associates Playing Cards Groups Of Three

Author:Joshua Foer

“With spots quadrangular of diamond form, ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, and spades, the emblems of untimely graves.”

Heart Form Clubs Graves Spots Gambling Diamond Typical Strife Emblems Spades Playing Cards

Book:The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations. With a Life of the Author

Source: The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations. With a Life of the Author

“I rather like the idea of having all my hours to myself: eating a Fudge Sundae, watching a movie, sleeping on my couch, singing in the bathroom, studying the woods, kidding around with a girl, playing cards lazily - all kinds of stuff that American brands 'shiftless.'”

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Book:Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings

Source: Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings

“Romance was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes.”

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Author:Ernest Hemingway

“To attain the rank of grand master of memory, you must be able to perform three seemingly superhuman feats. You have to memorize 1,000 digits in under an hour, the precise order of 10 shuffled decks of playing cards in the same amount of time, and one shuffled deck in less than two minutes. There are 36 grand masters of memory in the world.”

World Two Able Order Three Hours Memories Minutes Masters Amount Cards Precise Deck Feats Superhuman Playing Cards

Author:Joshua Foer