Edward Hallowell Quotes
You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science.
Quotes to Explore
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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Minorities within nation-states frayed by global capitalism are naturally more resentful of hollowed-out but still heavily centralised systems of political and economic domination.
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The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.
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I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple and stripped down. And then all the hip hop I liked was super simple and stripped down and we always heard that connection.
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How do I handle it? I would say more times than not, if I have a bad shot, I just get angry and almost like kill the next one. And it usually works I would say 9 times out of 10.
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Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can't stop marching. Even when they're turning the hoses on you, you can't stop.
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It's a false proposition that we have to take the arts away to fund something else.
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There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.
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I was born in the technology era.
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Getting to play a yogic healer was awesome. I love yoga, so I've had a lot of teachers.
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There was a lot of wind today, so I was making a lot of mistakes. But it was a solid round, i have another round to clean it up, then hopefully in the final I can do something magical.
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My buddy Ron (Tater Salad) White talks about drinking my dip cup accidentally to swallow some aspirin. I was there when it happened and laughed my ass off. Was he amused? Of course not, but since it wasn't me drinkin' week-old Skoal spit it was downright comical! (p. 230).
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You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science.
