Antonio Damasio Quotes
Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
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He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
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Print-on-demand and electronic self-publishing options have made it easy for anyone to set up a business as a publisher whether they know what they're doing or not.
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When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
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It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.
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We think we're going to be especially strong in platform where we have our two platform brands: our database brand is the Oracle Database 12c, and our programming language brand is this thing called Java.
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I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.
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I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding after having kids, like Mary King, but people say that you lose your nerve after you have kids. It's the risk.
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As an actor, I'm in such a privileged position because my work is job by job. If something doesn't fit in with family life, there's more flexibility.
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I always have to bring back an all-A report card.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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I love the smell of skunks. Driving down a back road and you smell a skunk that's sprayed or been hit. I love that. It reminds me of home.
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This will be my last year, Lord. I have gotten what I can. Thank You.
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I'm a very outgoing person so I like girls who are not afraid to be themselves. I'm not a shy person.I like conversations and I'm a really big sucker for personality.
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Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.
