Daniel Levitin Quotes
The left brain is responsible for making order out of chaos, for making sense of things in the world that don't always add up. To do this, it often makes up stories, fantastic confabulations in some cases, just to be able to explain what we're experiencing.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.
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Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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We need to do things better, but in a way that makes sense.
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I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.
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There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.
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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.
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It's superficial that people think I'm cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they're always surprised by how nerdy I am.
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I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.
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Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.
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Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment.
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Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home. - Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)
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Ringing the cash register is not the name of the game. It's only the scorekeeper, and it's not what motivates me. I'm motivated in my business by the compliments I receive about our people, our service, and the quality of our food.
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The left brain is responsible for making order out of chaos, for making sense of things in the world that don't always add up. To do this, it often makes up stories, fantastic confabulations in some cases, just to be able to explain what we're experiencing.
