Antonio Damasio Quotes

Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature.

Antonio Damasio

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NatureTechnologyFreedomScience

This is the pain pacemaker. I've got a battery under my skin. From that battery are two electrodes that go into the spine where they cut bone away to accommodate it. Now I put on the power here. If I have the pain, the stimulator starts. It's tingling, like when your foot falls asleep, you know?

Jerry Lewis

PowerPainYouSkinGoKnow

The church has given me balance.

Jennifer Hudson

BalanceMeChurchGiven

I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.

Mehmet Oz

StartFeelWeightLikeHappensPut

I'm from New York City. I grew up in the city. Suburban life was very odd to me.

Max Joseph

LifeNew YorkCityMeNewUp

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.

Ang Lee

PeopleDemocracyQuestionsYouWant

Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they are not infused with morals or a message, either, and kids like that.

Jeff Kinney

MoralsOutBeingBooksKidsMessage

I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary school onwards - not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but by teachers.

Robert Winston

FearDaySchoolEvery DayTeachers

I love 2Pac, the cadences of 2Pac.

Russ

LoveI Love

I didn't want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.

Mary Pierce

MeWrongKnowWantAnything

The Obama administration contends that starting a for-profit business means leaving religious liberty behind. The administration has effectively told the Supreme Court that for-profit companies have no right to act on moral convictions the government opposes. They are about profits. That position is deeply mistaken.

Josh Hawley

BusinessGovernmentLibertyMoral

There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi.

Johnny Depp

LifeMorningYouHouseKnowLeaving

I always like to pretend two things: one, I'm sitting in the seat beside you watching the game together. I'll say, 'Wasn't that a great shot? Boy, it sure was.' The other thing I do is pretend I'm talking to people who are non-sighted. I try to create a word picture. I get more mail from blind people thanking me.

Chick Hearn

GreatTogetherPeopleMeGameBlind

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