Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes
What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public to hear interviews like this and that there will be an inevitable amount of fewer interviews if people that the press talks to wind up thinking, well, it's not really a CBS correspondent.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl.
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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.
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It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
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Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
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We can't get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally.
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What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.
