Daniel Dennett Quotes
As Akins observes, it is not the point of our sensory systems that they should detect 'basic' or 'natural' properties of the environment, but that they should serve our 'narcissistic' purposes in staying alive; nature doesn't build epistemic engines.Daniel Dennett
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Eckhart Tolle -
It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I always loved being fat, obviously. I'm Fat Joe.
Fat Joe -
Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
Callie Khouri -
I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
Dan Gilbert -
I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
W. P. Kinsella
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
Abel Ferrara -
Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.
Nancy Kress -
Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
Adam Ferrara -
Love is a credulous thing.
Ovid -
I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
Tamra Davis -
We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
Patricia Ireland
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When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
Eddie Murray -
People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
Maj Sjowall -
When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.
Natalie Goldberg -
Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
S. J. Rozan -
When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home for it.
Felix Dennis -
I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
Edie Falco
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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero -
I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else!
Andy Serkis -
Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?" "Girls don't often ask questions like that," said Hermione. "Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully.
Joanne Rowling -
In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.
J. William Fulbright -
Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.
Liane Moriarty -
As Akins observes, it is not the point of our sensory systems that they should detect 'basic' or 'natural' properties of the environment, but that they should serve our 'narcissistic' purposes in staying alive; nature doesn't build epistemic engines.
Daniel Dennett