Edward T. Hall Quotes
When Western people train the mind, the focus is generally on the left hemisphere of the cortex, which is the portion of the brainthat is concerned with words and numbers. We enhance the logical, bounded, linear functions of the mind. In the East, exercises of this sort are for the purpose of getting in tune with the unconscious--to get rid of boundaries, not to create them.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.
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I had four different colors of hats, one of which was pink. I just got on a roll with the pink hat. So what started out as a superstition grew into a tradition and an easy way for my family to find me at tournaments because I am the only one with cojones big enough to wear a pink hat.
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I'm a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it all takes place in a book-sort of a neutral ground. A writer puts down the words, and a reader interprets the words, and every reader will read a book differently. I love that.
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A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.
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When Western people train the mind, the focus is generally on the left hemisphere of the cortex, which is the portion of the brainthat is concerned with words and numbers. We enhance the logical, bounded, linear functions of the mind. In the East, exercises of this sort are for the purpose of getting in tune with the unconscious--to get rid of boundaries, not to create them.
