#m

The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject. ↗

— Jon Wynne-Tyson

#determined #effectiveness #facts #memory #number

God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought. ↗

— Xenophanes

#god #gods #greatest #like #men

I've always worked closely with the designers and whoever's making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you're competing. In an ideal situation, you'll have something where you'll put it on and you're fine and you don't have to worry about it at all. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#always #closely #comfort #competing #costumes

I'm not letting him write anything. I didn't do anything. I just took his pen. ↗

— Jason Williams

#him #his #i #just #letting

The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril. ↗

— Xenophon

#arduous #being #cause #enduring #followers

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim. ↗

— Xenophon

#barley #beer #drank #drink #held

What I want is that I can match my performances during training so I can be satisfied with myself. ↗

— Liu Xiang

#i #i can #match #myself #performances

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#china #chinese #home #how #itself

By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#i #parody #recording #song #studio

The minority yields to the majority! ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#minority #yields