Daniel Dennett Quotes
But if we ask where precisely in the brain that point of view is located, the simple assumptions that work so well on larger scales of space and time break down. It is now quite clear that there is no single point in the brain where all information funnels in, and this fact has some far from obvious consequences.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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I'm a proud family man.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without the hair being just right. I quietly knew that he was anxious and that the hairdo wasn't the real issue. But we all let it go and came back to the scene sometime later.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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When you give as a family, not only are you sharing the happiness that giving brings you by watching it translate into positive change, but you are also transmitting your giving values to your children by engaging them in the giving process itself.
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I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand.
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Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.
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But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nation's economic viability.
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I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.
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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
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But if we ask where precisely in the brain that point of view is located, the simple assumptions that work so well on larger scales of space and time break down. It is now quite clear that there is no single point in the brain where all information funnels in, and this fact has some far from obvious consequences.
