Antonio Damasio Quotes
Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking care of a danger, of taking care of an opportunity, either/or, or something in between.
Antonio Damasio
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
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In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.
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Reason, if consulted with, would advise, that their children's time should be spent in acquiring what might be useful to them when they come to be men, rather than to have their heads stuff'd with a deal of trash, a great part whereof they usually never do ('tis certain they never need to) think on again as long as they live: and so much of it as does stick by them they are only the worse for.
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Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
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His business is here, it is here that he is despised and vilified, it is here that he must carry out his undertaking.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking care of a danger, of taking care of an opportunity, either/or, or something in between.
Antonio Damasio
