#close

Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#close #complications #connection #fact #fluctuations

In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help. ↗

— William Glasser

#ask #being #book #books #closed

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#come #patriotism #some #surpass #tribal

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#brought #closer #communication #communities #globe

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success. ↗

— Michael Flatley

#done #hear #i #know #success

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#bodies #branches #closely #dead #go

It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#chances #close #comedic #eternity #existance

It's hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don't always know who to call. So I am very close to my family. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#am #call #close #cry #family

I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#company #i #like #opportunity #other

I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#close #community #everyone #granted #grow