Daniel Levitin Quotes
Our brains are very, very good at self-delusion. What happens is, it releases the stress hormone cortisol in the brain, which leads to foggy thinking, so you're not even able to judge well whether you're working well or not.Daniel Levitin
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
Daniel Bryan -
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Salman Rushdie -
Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
Dan Bartlett -
When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
Harlan Coben -
Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
Tadashi Yanai -
'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
Viggo Mortensen
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
Pamela Anderson -
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
Sam Rockwell -
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
Magnus Carlsen -
When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
Irene Rosenfeld
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The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.
Randi Weingarten -
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
Jack Ma -
There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.
Adam Clymer -
I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
Ioan Gruffudd -
Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
Viktor Orban
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
Edith Wharton -
You can write a thousand lists and make a million vision boards, but if you don't clearly feel what you want to experience, it will never truly manifest into form.
Gabrielle Bernstein -
My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think.
Chiaki Kuriyama -
Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
Nancy Pearcey -
When in the Land of Property think like a propertarian. Dress like one, eat like one, act like one, be one.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
Our brains are very, very good at self-delusion. What happens is, it releases the stress hormone cortisol in the brain, which leads to foggy thinking, so you're not even able to judge well whether you're working well or not.
Daniel Levitin