"For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it."
"To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective."
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Source: Charles Tandy, William Faloon, Robert A. Freitas, Jr., Robin Hanson, Michael Perry (2001). “Doctor Tandy's First Guide to Life Extension and Transhumanity”, p.155, Universal-Publishers
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