David Eagleman Quotes
It is problematic to imagine yourself in the shoes of a criminal and conclude, 'Well, I wouldn’t have done that'-because if you weren’t exposed to in utero cocaine, lead poisoning, or physical abuse, and he was, then you don’t fit in his shoes. Even if you would like to imagine what it’s like to be him, you won’t be very good at it.
David Eagleman
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
Madison Smartt Bell
I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.'
Vidal Sassoon
I studied mass media and brand management and was looking to do an MBA. When an acting offer came by, I thought I'll do one film so that it would look good on my CV. Films happened one after another, in different industries. I'm so glad things turned out the way they did.
Kajal Aggarwal
Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
Saint Teresa of Avila
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Edmund Burke
Concentrate and think upon the problem in mind until a satisfactory conclusion is reached, and then finally go ahead. If you have made a mistake, all right. Never find fault with a man because he has made a mistake. It is only a fool that makes the same mistake the second time.
Charles M. Schwab
And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire about it. You had to save what you could. Amelie had understood that all along, Claire realized. That was why Morganville existed. Because you had to try.
Rachel Caine
Music has always been a part of my life, and it helps me a lot because it speaks for me when I can't speak for myself.
Brian Tyree Henry
The beloved is already in our being, as thirst and "otherness." Being is eroticism. Inspiration is that strange.
Octavio Paz
It is problematic to imagine yourself in the shoes of a criminal and conclude, 'Well, I wouldn’t have done that'-because if you weren’t exposed to in utero cocaine, lead poisoning, or physical abuse, and he was, then you don’t fit in his shoes. Even if you would like to imagine what it’s like to be him, you won’t be very good at it.
David Eagleman
