Siri Hustvedt Quotes

I found myself fascinated by neuroscience, attended a monthly lecture on brain science at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, and was invited to become a member of a discussion group devoted to a new field: neuropsychoanalysis.

Siri Hustvedt

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I think almost all manic depressives exhibit some kind of criminal behaviour, even if it's something as minimal as shoplifting, but then they often go on to bigger and better things - in my case, it was fraud.

Andy Behrman

ThinkBetterGoKindFraudBigger

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

John Ruskin

WorkAmbitionOthersSlavesSome

If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Sonny Bono

ManHonestHonest ManCriminalEver

Unlike the Vietnam boat people or Cuban refugees after Castro came to power, the U.S. has no moral responsibility for the chaos in Syria. In fact, just the opposite is the case.

Tom Tancredo

PowerResponsibilityPeopleChaos

There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.

Robert Bourassa

NothingMoreSystemDemocraticThan

I have a lot of characteristics that would normally be present in a guy and then less that would be present in a woman.

Ruby Rose

WomanPresentGuyWouldThenLess

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.

Mikheil Saakashvili

YouCreateMoreInsecureProne

Protests are part of our democracy.

Michel Temer

DemocracyOurPartProtests

The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities.

Johnny Flynn

MusicTruthPeopleTruth IsAlways

I don't want to be a senator.

Deval Patrick

WantSenator

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.

Drew Barrymore

WorryYouPerfectNeedThingsMost

I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder.

Cicely Tyson

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