Kay Redfield Jamison Quotes

A possible link between 'madness' and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions.

Kay Redfield Jamison

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I was on Days Of Our Lives for about three months.

Steve Burton

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I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on my list before I had to write a new one. So I'm working on a new one.

Trombone Shorty

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Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease.

Robert Barany

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I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

Mickalene Thomas

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Be able to see people's humanity. I think the way that you do that and see people for more than their surface value is, say, you're reading something in the news: the gender pay gap, or gay adoption, anything that involves a group of people being marginalized.

Jonathan Van Ness

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Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.

Bob Woodward

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There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.

Arthur Erickson

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Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.

Arthur Smith

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Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I think my mom thought I was ready for the German chocolate cake that she makes for my dad. Just the sight of that, the taste of that frosting, just reminds me of being at home with my mom and my dad and my sister and my friends.

Willie Geist

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Hormones get no respect. We think of them as the elusive chemicals that make us a bit moody, but these magical little molecules do so much more.

Susannah Cahalan

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Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

Pete Carroll

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I'm the sort of person who would be perfectly happy spending an entire day in a rare books room.

Marie Rutkoski

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