Antonio Damasio Quotes

Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation.

Antonio Damasio

Recitation: by Male by Female

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BodyFeelingsChangesWithoutWould

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.

John Berger

WallsBookVoiceStoryPlaceWill

I don't think I necessarily am prepared to write about anybody else's life but mine.

Andy Biersack

LifeThinkWriteMinePreparedElse

Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the attack, but when he died in a shootout with police just days after the blasts, his thoughts and motivations vanished with him.

Jeffrey Kluger

PoliceThoughtsMarathonBostonHim

We're here for such a short period of time. Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

Jeff Bridges

GoodLiveTimeBestDo Your Best

I believe you accomplish what you measure.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

BelieveYouMeasureAccomplish

My dad is a mathematician; I think we both have that problem-solving, looking-for-patterns way of thinking.

Michaela Watkins

ThinkThinkingWayProblem-Solving

I'm way too honest. It can backfire.

Michaela Coel

WayHonestToo

I never want anything to be too predictable.

Mindy Grossman

WantNeverAnythingPredictableToo

I thought I had to work at someplace everybody's heard of. It was never, 'I'm interested in such and such. I want to work in such and such magazine.' It was like, 'Oh, my G-d, I really need to work for somebody so people will think I'm OK.' So I got a job at 'Popular Mechanics'.

Lisa Lampanelli

WorkJobPeopleThinkThoughtWant

Agents run a business, and their business is their talent; some are more general and broad and can rep a little bit of everything; some are more niche. You have to be specific with who you approach and how.

Jay Ellis

BusinessTalentYouRunMoreNiche

A dynamic economy begins with a good education.

Bob Taft

EducationGoodEconomyBegins

Fear is real, but so is love.

Alice Walker

LoveFearReal

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