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The ability of brain function to remember objects and events and to manipulate those memories in such a manner as to imagine objects and events that have not yet happened actually happening in a future time is what distinguishes human beings from other earthly biological creatures.
Intelligence cannot exist without memory.
I have neither the persuasive skills nor even the inclination to convince anyone of that simple truth but it is true nevertheless.
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WORD FOR TODAY
precocious
Adjective
- (of a child) Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.
- (of behavior or ability) Indicative of such development: "a precocious talent for computing".
Synonyms
forward - early - premature
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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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Born Jan. 11, 1946
Age: 66 years old
Age: 66 years old
Naomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist. With her daughter, Wynonna Judd, Naomi formed the highly successful singing duo known as The Judds.
Born Jan. 11, 1755
Died July 12, 1804
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Born Jan 11, 1930
Age: 82 years old
Rodney Stuart "Rod" Taylor is an Australian actor of film and television. He has appeared in over 50 films, and is well known for his roles in the science fiction film The Time Machine (1960), and in the Alfred Hitchcock horror movie The Birds (1963).
Born Jan 11, 1926
Age: 86 years old
Age: 86 years old
Grant Almerin Tinker is the former chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986, co-founder of MTM Enterprises, and television producer. Tinker is the former husband of television actress Mary Tyler Moore. He was known as "the man who saved NBC" during his tenure at the network.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
--Leo Tolstoy
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