Erez Lieberman Aiden Quotes
It's so hard to figure out what's going on in biological systems. You just can't see them.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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I used to work for a newspaper that covered local resource issues, and my coworkers and friends were journalists. Their reporting work was always pretty grim.
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
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We can quiet our minds enough to tune in to what our bodies are telling us - I believe in angels - and we need to listen to the messages being sent. They are real messages - just as real as a human saying something to you.
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I think most people, even if they say they hate horror movies, there's that feeling you get inside that you love. I mean, I love it. I love to have the hairs on the back of my neck stand up or get that chill up my spine.
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I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
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All my books reflect travel adventures of some kind, and all have a soul: a spiritual or mystical underpinning.
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There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.
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I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody and then we would arrange it. We'd put it together and I would write lyrics to my melodies.
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One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country.
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I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.
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People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.
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The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother.
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The things that people won't totally accept come in all shapes and sizes and forms, and I can relate to that in my own youth.
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I really like suspenseful movies and movies that make you think.
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When I was little, I wasn't allowed to put sugar on my breakfast cereal because it made me so hyper.
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I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.
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I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl.
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Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent deserves our support.
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Taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
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The more you make people alike, the more competition you have. Competition is based on the principle of conformity. (p. 135)
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It's so hard to figure out what's going on in biological systems. You just can't see them.
