Iain McGilchrist Quotes
Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.
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The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.
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I always paid attention to Lil Wayne - close attention. He's my idol. He's still my idol.
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I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
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All of us have a bit of a sociopath inside of us, and it's wrong to think that somebody is just clearly sociopathic, because they're not. It's interesting to explore the shadings and nuances within a person. Those feelings exist within more human beings than people may want to acknowledge.
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I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.
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Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
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To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very straightforward. If it's good enough to get his attention, it's good enough to produce.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.
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The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.
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In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste. And there lies the difference between Jesus of Nazareth and ourselves. His senses were all continually made new, and the world to Him was always a new world.
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I cannot look at a question and not try to find the answer, even if I don't know it.
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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us.
