A selection of quotes that caught my eye from Forbes October 19, 2009 issue
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- The ability to forget is as important as a a good memory. Being able to tell what for which, ah, that's the key. ~ Malcolm Forbes
- Memory is often the attribute of stupidity; it... belongs to the heavy spirits whom it makes even heavier by the baggage it loads them down with. ~ Reene Chateaubriand
- We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful. ~ Dag Hammarsksjold
- In the memory everything is preserved separately, according to its category. ~ St. Augustine
- Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories. ~ Steven Wright
- If a man carefully examines his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Our memories are independent of our wills. It is not so easy to forget. ~ Richard Sheridan
- Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done; For thinking of the past wakes regret and pain. ~ John Wain
- A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. ~ John Henry Newman
- I remember things the way they should have been. ~ Truman Capote
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