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.
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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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.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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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.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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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.
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Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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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.
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I think I've had the opportunity to work for people because I wanted to and because I thought they were good people, and therefore everything I do, I can do with sincerity.
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The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate.
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There's no reason why anyone's job should become untouchable for the rest of their life.
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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.
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'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
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Her respectful tone sounded almost sincere.
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You [meaning mothers] said good-bye a little every day -- from the minute they left your body until they left your home.
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These dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life's meaning also require negative comparison to others?
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Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.
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I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most.
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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.
