Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes
I was socially isolated as a kid. I had friends, but I wasn't very good at sports and that sort of thing so I became quite comfortable being by myself, exploring. The world was my private playground, and in it, I was supreme. Darwin, Faraday, Huxley and other great scientists were my companions.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job.
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The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that requires physical and mental preparation, so I get to prepare like an athlete for everything I do. I'm living the dream, man.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.
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I was socially isolated as a kid. I had friends, but I wasn't very good at sports and that sort of thing so I became quite comfortable being by myself, exploring. The world was my private playground, and in it, I was supreme. Darwin, Faraday, Huxley and other great scientists were my companions.
