Antonio Damasio Quotes
People who are great thinkers, in science or in art, people who are great performers, have to have that kind of capacity. Without that kind of capacity, it's extremely difficult to manage a high level of performance because you're going to get a lot of extraneous material chipping away at the finery of your thinking or the finery of your motor execution.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power.
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People say, 'Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,' or, 'Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.' I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles... sorry, guys, it was good!
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Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. And I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.
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I am blessed to have married the man that God sent me. He's loving, compassionate, strong and supportive of my children, family and career. I look forward to our lives together.
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People who are great thinkers, in science or in art, people who are great performers, have to have that kind of capacity. Without that kind of capacity, it's extremely difficult to manage a high level of performance because you're going to get a lot of extraneous material chipping away at the finery of your thinking or the finery of your motor execution.
