Darold Treffert Quotes
Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.
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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.
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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
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There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
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Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.
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When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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Sometimes, thinking on your feet can be the most creative. Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you. Some of the most successful shows come out of shoestring invention.
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The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.
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I started thinking: 'Okay, what's wrong with wearing a bikini? I look better than I looked in quite a few years, so why not? What am I afraid of?
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The idea is to go out there and win in a dominant fashion. That changes people's minds, the way they're thinking about me, and lets people know I'm here to contend for a title.
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There is something to be said for people who have to work hard, be creative, produce what they have with little - or no - means. Those of us from poor homes have the advantage of thinking for ourselves and of knowing that when times get hard, things could always be worse.
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For a startup to overcome obstacles and succeed, it must foster limitless thinking. By hiring students into their first career job, you get to set their framework for how a company functions and instill them with your values for your company's culture.
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I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone.
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But I'm thinking about 12 things at once, a hundred thousand times a day. Most people do, I would imagine.
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Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look.
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I'm not as athletic as some guys, so I have to counter that with a tremendous brain that thinks the game.
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I only tend to think of the week ahead, to keep my eye on the ball and question whether a full stop is in the right place. It's easy to get distracted by the wrong things. If you start thinking of grand gestures, it's going to be a lot of hot air. You have to be logical. The theatre is a very logical place.
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I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am.
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There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault.
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To justify Christian morality because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion.
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Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.
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I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.
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Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.
