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.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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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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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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Custom reconciles us to everything.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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In life you must often choose between getting a job done or getting credit for it. In science, the most important thing is not the ideas you have but the decision which ones you choose to pursue. If you have an idea and are not doing anything with it, why spoil someone else's fun by publishing it?
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As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody.
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I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics, pure and simple.
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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.
