Antonio Damasio Quotes

When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer.

Antonio Damasio

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CompassionPainBrainSpeedYouOld

What some folks find funny, other folks find tragic.

Melvin Van Peebles

FunnyFindOtherTragicSomeFolks

I always thought I was a writer on the inside, but after a few years of not writing, you can't make that claim anymore.

Amor Towles

WritingThoughtYouInsideAlways

I'm just happy to have my legs back, cause at one point in time, I wasn't even walking.

Stefon Diggs

TimeHappyWalkingBackLegsPoint

I can and do aspire to be greater than the sum total of my experiences, but I accept my limitations. I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage but attempt, as the Supreme Court suggests, continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate.

Sonia Sotomayor

ExperienceJudgeOpinionsHeritage

I don't have any big regrets.

Simon Callow

RegretsBigAny

I love ghost stories but kind of left them alone after my teens and came back to it after playing Heathcliff in 'Wuthering Heights' on the radio.

Tom Goodman-Hill

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I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

Robin Williams

FunnyLoveMotherMeLove MeYou

I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take.

Lorraine Toussaint

ThinkYouFirstDisagreeBringTake

The imprisoning of a writer is the same as the burning of a book.

Joseph Brodsky

BookSameWriterBurning

We need to stop spending money on death, the war in Iraq and on enhancing the lives of the people in our own country.

Dick Morris

MoneyDeathWarPeopleCountryStop

I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight. They help people train for things like triathlons or biking and running races. They offer physical therapists, testing, lectures.

Drew Carey

WorkLosingPeopleMeDoctorHelp

If we are going to find sustainable ways of dealing with global warming, we have to base it on love and feeling good, not fear and loathing. If it's fun, then it's sustainable.

Dean Ornish

LoveGoodFearFunFeeling Good

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