Steven Pinker Quotes

Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom of events distributed across the brain. These events compete for attention, and as one process outshouts the others, the brain rationalizes the outcome after the fact and concocts the impression that a single self was in charge all along.

Steven Pinker

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BrainSelfProcessAttentionOthers

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

Joan Halifax

ActionYouSenseOpennessCreated

You've gotta play the Hollywood game, and you know you're doing good the more notoriety you're getting, and that's gold. That's what every actor wants because then you know you're at another level.

Jeremy Luke

GoodGoldGameDoingYouPlay

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

John Leguizamo

LoveIndependentActFilm

I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I got in Conservatoire, my teachers would give me a lot of flack because I wasn't rehearsing my lines; I'd be doing stage management. I was interested in sound. I was interested in architecture. I was interested in every aspect of theatre.

Robert Lepage

ExperienceArchitectureSchoolMe

When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

Matthew Goode

FamilyGreatYouSecurityNewKind

I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

Amanda Peet

WorkLoveAgainObsessedJoan

I don't think I'm popular enough for audience to relate to me on a reality shows. I'm content with my acting endeavors and want to continue taking up more of acting projects.

Sriti Jha

MeThinkRealityEnoughActingWant

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Steve Martin

FunnySunshineDayNightYouKnow

I just want to fight. That's all I want.

Stipe Miocic

FightWantJust

I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don't feel anyone listens to them.

Tony Benn

ChildrenTimePoliticsPeopleThink

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

ArtSchoolFunPerformanceComedy

What I love about AT&T is that they are just as passionate as I am about rebooting the American dream.

Chris Gardner

LoveAmerican DreamI AmAmericanAm

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