Sam Kean Quotes
The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
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George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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I wish people would just like me for what I am, the singer in an OK new wave band.
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What's the matter Jaimy? Ain't-cha never seen a girl before? -Jacky Faber
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'How To Train your Dragon 2' is an amazing film. I think it's an extraordinary film. The animation in it is fantastic.
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[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
