Michael Pollan Quotes

As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection.

Michael Pollan

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ReflectionCookingGardeningSpace

Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we realize that they are not woven together automatically, any more than the information is inside a computer.

Robert Lanza

TimeTogetherSpaceBrainProblem

People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society. Those failures - joined with the similar failures of others - can readily have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.

John Roberts

GoodPeopleSocietyOthersOwnFail

You can't enjoy life if you're not nourishing your body.

Tracey Gold

LifeEnjoy LifeEnjoyYouBodyYour

Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?

Rita Moreno

TelevisionGrandmotherCreature

I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it's just another way for children to learn they can be themselves.

Josie Bissett

LoveChildrenDanceThinkLearnWay

Comedy is so hard; it's so much harder than drama. The pacing of it, the energy of it.

Josh Lucas

EnergyComedyDramaHardThanMuch

I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.

Josh Tillman

LiveThinkYouWaySomethingGet

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

Douglas Hurd

PoliticsPeopleJustLikeInterested

Thanks to the football, every time I go out and play, it releases the tension, and you forget about the problems.

David Silva

TimeFootballProblemsYouPlayGo

The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it.

Bruce Springsteen

BossPeopleMeNameFriendsWeek

There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling.

Peter Banks

MomentFeelingComfortableWillTake

I'm working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive.

Paz de la Huerta

FatherMotherRelationshipWorking

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