Scott Stossel Quotes

To say that my anxiety is reducible to the ions in my amygdala is as limiting as saying that my personality or my soul is reducible to the molecules that make up my brain cells or to the genes that underwrote them.

Scott Stossel

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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.

Edmund White
- Up
- Good
- Friends
In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.

Hamish Bowles
- Dreams
- Dress
- Princess
Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.

Ibrahim Rugova
- People
- Country
- Why
You can't be a victim and heal.

A. J. Langer
- You
- Victim
- Heal
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.

Adam Hamilton
- Light
- Reading
- Learning
What we do is entertainment. We entertain people. Sometimes we inspire people, but sometimes we are just a way to fill their time.

Daniel Bryan
- People
- Time
- Inspire