David Lewis-Williams Quotes
I suggest that the type of consciousness – not merely the degree of intelligence – that Neanderthals possessed was different in important respects from that of Upper Palaeolithic people, and that this distinction precluded, for the Neanderthals, both image-making and elaborate burial.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
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I wasn't thinking that I was two horrors back to back; I was thinking these were characters that I want to play.
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I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
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If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.
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Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.
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I don't go get a poem. It calls me and I accept it.
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Neighborhoods and communities are complex organisms that will be resilient only if they are healthy along a number of interrelated dimensions, much as a human body cannot be healthy without adequate air, water, rest, and food.
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Listen to the Music of the Moment, people....Dance and Sing!
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Love between a man and woman is war.
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I am not allowing myself to get carried away.
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One of these days, someone smarter and younger and more articulate than I is going to get through to the American people just how really messed up the federal government has become. And when that happens, the American people are going to rise up like that football crowd in Cleveland and run both teams off the field.
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The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion of our consciousness.
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I think that will be a lot of fun for audiences to get the same stream of consciousness that was going through my head at the time. It was very exciting to suddenly recall what I was feeling at the time.
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I suggest that the type of consciousness – not merely the degree of intelligence – that Neanderthals possessed was different in important respects from that of Upper Palaeolithic people, and that this distinction precluded, for the Neanderthals, both image-making and elaborate burial.
