John Eccles Quotes
The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons.John Eccles
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
A. S. Byatt -
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
Nancy Reagan -
In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
Barry Humphries -
Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I need to meet people to be able to write.
Vikas Swarup -
I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
Zack Snyder
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
Edmond de Goncourt -
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
Pablo Picasso -
Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.
M. J. Rose -
Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
Abraham Flexner -
Every trend in my high school was terrible! I used to wear my hair in a tight bun and let two long pieces hang in the front. I'd also wear really dark eyeliner and bright pink eyeshadow. For some reason, my friends and I thought it was really fashionable to wear a short tie with our uniforms.
India de Beaufort -
The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate.
Ed Sheeran
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The Japanese have different words for love. To them, it's plain weird that we love spaghetti and love our children and love our lovers, all with the same word, when surely the thing being described as love is radically different in each case.
Samantha Harvey -
'Malays abhor the state of celibacy. To remain unmarried was and is considered shameful. Everyone must be married at some time or other. The result
Lee Kuan Yew -
Her respectful tone sounded almost sincere.
Ann Leckie -
Some say once gone you're gone foreverAnd some say you're going to come back.Some say you rest in the arms of the SaviourIf in sinful ways you lack.Some say that they're coming back in a garden,Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.I think I'll just let the mystery be.
Iris DeMent -
There are several revenue streams that are near and present that could support a private space station, including in-space manufacturing, microgravity research, and tourism - for both individuals and sovereign nation astronauts - and in-space supply logistics.
Dylan Taylor -
I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.
Claire Foy
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
Ferdinand Mount -
A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.
Quentin Blake -
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
Taylor Kinney -
This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal.
James Bovard -
The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons.
John Eccles