Morgan Freeman Quotes

I think you have to be left-brained, to a certain extent, to understand science. I can talk about it, but I can't do it.

Morgan Freeman

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• I think you have to be left-brained, to a certain extent, to understand science. I can talk about it, but I can't do it.

  

  Morgan Freeman
  • Science
  • Extent
  • Left-brained