"It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone."
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"It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone."
"GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do."
"If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken."
"You have to rely on yourself and your associates - gifts don't come from above; you're going to win them, or you won't have them."
"I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work."