Darold Treffert Quotes
With respect to why some acquired savants are musical, and some are good at the arts, and some are mathematical, why aren't they all the same; I think that has to do with this genetic endowment that all of us have.
Quotes to Explore
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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I like the language in Proust but not the context.
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The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
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The books that stuck with me most as a child were 'A Wrinkle In Time', 'Dracula', 'Hatchet', 'Bunnicula', 'White Fang', and this YA/kids' book called 'Nobody's Fault' where a kid drowns one weekend as friends play around a flooded ditch.
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Kochi, formerly called Cochin, is a former European settlement with a large Christian population and a seafaring heritage. It is a town of enormous charm that reminds some visitors of the Caribbean more than India.
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Certainly, hunger can bring out the worst in us. But it can also bring out the best.
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After I spent my compulsory army service in the 'top secret office' of the Medical Forces, where I was fortunate to be exposed to clinical and medical issues, I enrolled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.
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My sister had some ailment and convulsions that she suffered from, and she had been sent to some place to go and get healed there. She was brought back and prayed for by those people. She recovered; in fact, she grew to be an evangelist in her own right, healing people and traveling around.
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For some mysterious Darwinian reason, women feel compelled to straighten up bedrooms before and after sex. Try to make love in every other room of the house.
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I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.
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As one of America's largest exporters, GE remains committed to producing more products in the United States, which is our home and largest market.
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You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.
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I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.
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I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.
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The Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified, but the picture is imaginary.
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I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
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I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer.
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Everyone is interested in what‘s new. Few people are interested in what‘s better.
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With respect to why some acquired savants are musical, and some are good at the arts, and some are mathematical, why aren't they all the same; I think that has to do with this genetic endowment that all of us have.
