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Robin Marantz Henig Quotes

As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends largely on how any one brain pathway is used.

Robin Marantz Henig

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Brain Used Pathway One Thing Happens

Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who all have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else.

Maya Angelou

Alone Happy Library You Information

Shows like 'All in the Family' and now 'Mom' - there's a tradition of tackling real issues.

Max Greenfield

Family Mom Tradition Now Real Like

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.

Matthew Arnold

Communication Beautiful Poetry Saying

Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across as imperviousness and inflexibility. He wants to run the agenda; he doesn't want the agenda to run him. Once you become president, though, there's no way to predict what your crises will be.

Maureen Dowd

You Emotions Want Run Way Become

I don't even have voice mail, and people get all out of shape about that. But, you know what, I don't want to transcribe your message; I want to talk to you. And that kind of freaks people out a bit. They go, 'Oh, who has time to talk?' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm gonna make time.'

Anita Baker

Time People Voice You Know Kind

My delight and thy delight Walking, like two angels white, In the gardens of the night.

Robert Bridges

Night Walking White Angels Delight

The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective.

Jonah Goldberg

Perspective Book Everyone Some Bit

Some newer writers worry about books set in Canada having a big appeal, but it has never been an issue for me. I haven't wanted to write in the States because I don't know the States.

Chevy Stevens

Me Worry Canada Know Never Write

I don't have a lot of shame. That doesn't mean I can't feel bad about the way someone reacts to me or about something I read about myself online. But I don't have a lot of guilt, no. I've always been this way. I'm missing a chip.

Chelsea Handler

Myself Me Feel Someone Guilt Bad

It's good to have a foothold in reality, a base somewhere that's always been a base. Sharman Macdonald once said she needs life to write; she can't write if she's just in theatre all the time. I'm the same way, I think. I've always felt that if my life was all about the job, I wouldn't be so good at the job.

Sean Biggerstaff

Life Good Time Job Theatre Think

I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements.

Scott Bakula

Rock Band Big Roll Pop Elements

Throughout my life and career, I have continually been impressed with the importance of integrity - whether it was growing up as a Boy Scout, working in one of my first jobs as a university janitor, or being a leader in a Fortune 500 company.

Rex Tillerson

Life Leader Integrity Growing Up Boy