Alexander Lowen Quotes
We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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There are no second chances in the volatile Middle East.
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I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned to associate books with love and attention.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
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It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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I've had so many letters from people saying I've inspired them to take up riding, and that's an amazing feeling.
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I'm not knocking private schools, but I owe it to my kids to let them grow up in a place where private school isn't required. They're only in school 6-8 hours a day; they have to live in their neighborhood 24 hours a day. I didn't want them growing up in a place where anybody with the means had abandoned their public schools.
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When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.
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Little praying is a kind of make believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a delusion.
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We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.
