Sharon Begley Quotes
The conscious act of thinking about one's thoughts in a different way changes the very brain circuits that do that thinking.
Quotes to Explore
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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I believe in astrology as much as I do in genetics.
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For some mysterious Darwinian reason, women feel compelled to straighten up bedrooms before and after sex. Try to make love in every other room of the house.
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Palabras que me dijeron en otros tiempos, las oigo hoy.
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I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.
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The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.
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I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.
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I'm so used to America, used to the traffic in L.A., and I don't really feel it click with the Korean culture. But obviously, I have a Korean face, and I feel like that's just - you know, I can't walk around people like I'm, like, straight-up American. It's like, I'm Korean American. My parents are from Korea.
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A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some probable conjectures, that man was designed for a future state of existence.
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I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.
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I skipped school one day to see Dizzy Gillespie, and that's where I met Coltrane. Coltrane and Jimmy Heath just joined the band, and I brought my trumpet, and he was sitting at the piano downstairs waiting to join Dizzy's band. He had his saxophone across his lap, and he looked at me and he said, 'You want to play?'
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Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.
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Emerging actors know there's a whole lot to learn each time they are spending with someone who's done a lot.
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We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.
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The US and Australia have a lot in common. One of the things we have in common is we produce a lot of carbon.
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As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and strength and backward to draw on the values and legacies of our families, ancestors, and communities.
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There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he now is.
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Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.
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I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.
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The conscious act of thinking about one's thoughts in a different way changes the very brain circuits that do that thinking.
