Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
Carles Puigdemont -
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln -
I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
Kate Moss -
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
Barbara Bush -
There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
Ralph Fiennes -
I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
FKA twigs
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
Mackenzie Davis -
You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
Daisy Fuentes -
It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
Samuel Beckett -
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
Harold Prince -
If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
Victoria Osteen
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
Nadine Gordimer -
I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
Gail Sheehy -
I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.
Oscar Pistorius -
When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
Pablo Sandoval -
I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.
Zooey Deschanel -
You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her.
Patricia Heaton -
I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers.
Barbara Lee -
I'm happier than a pig eating bacon!' Count Olaf cried. 'I'm tickled pinker than a sun-burned Caucasian! I'm in higher spirits than a brand-new graveyard! I'm so happy-go-lucky that lucky and happy people are going to beat me with sticks out of pure, unbridled jealousy!
Daniel Handler -
I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
Yancy Butler -
I like playing sport, and I like doing physical stuff. I like hiking and I like climbing and I like playing sport. I do a lot. But I don't like the term 'exercising.' I feel like with sport, you're playing games. But with exercise, you're literally just trying to stop yourself from dying too young. It's weird.
James McAvoy -
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran