David Eagleman Quotes
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.
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Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.
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I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be made.
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I never liked you, and I always will.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
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I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life.
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I looked at but was not allowed to touch Ai Weiwei's 'Sunflower Seeds' at the Tate. The film of making them was really moving.
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For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
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I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.
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Selfish hedonism is not a pejorative. It is a description — an exactly accurate description of what is involved in homosexual relations.
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I guess I could Debra Winger in any number of things. She's so luminous - it's a birth defect.
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There is no such thing as 'safe' Socialism. If it's safe, it's not Socialism. And if it's Socialism, it's not safe. The signposts of Socialism point downhill to less freedom, less prosperity, downhill to more muddle, more failure. If we follow them to their destination, they will lead this nation into bankruptcy.
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I grew up in Los Angeles, where long drives on packed freeways make everyone a fan of radio and, particularly, of America's national treasure, National Public Radio.
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There are always wonderful mysteries to confront.
