Iain McGilchrist Quotes
The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There really isn't. But in whatever it brings, we have choices, and I'm glad because I made more right choices than wrong, but in the wrong choices, there are lessons to be learned.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.
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I was talking to Marylanders... What we were hearing, everywhere, was an overwhelming sense of frustration. People felt a huge disconnect between Annapolis and the rest of Maryland.
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I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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It is important to understand how leaders have adapted and thought about war and warfare across their careers. 'The Autobiography of General Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs of the Civil War' is perhaps the best war memoir ever written.
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I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
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I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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Mr. Barnes, it is because I have lived very much that now I can enjoy everything so well
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In abortion they are trying to destroy the last bastion of the image of God.
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Singing harmony is not the same as singing a part in a choral group, where you know you're going to have to hit this note and then that note. There are nuances that change every day. Maybe today you have a slight cold or voice fatigue, or you've done something and there's a slight difference in your breathing.
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The truth is, I don't find my value in my body or my weight. It's really more about who I am and what I can offer as a human being to the people in my life and the people in the world.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
