Daniel Levitin Quotes

There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we can see that in the brain. When people are lying perfectly still but listening to music, the neurons in the motor cortex are firing.

Daniel Levitin

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MusicDanceWordsPeopleBrainSee

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.

Jodi Picoult

YourselfMeBelieveThinkYouFind

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

Andrew Young

NothingDecideBusinessmenIllegal

You know, the blond guy plays the good guy and I play the bad part, the bad guys. Which is a lot of fun. Playing the bad guy is great. And it's the whole British thing. You know, in so many films the bad guy is British. Gary Oldman makes a living doing that.

Matt Robinson

GoodGreatFunDoingYouBad

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

John Updike

RestRiskContentUsArtistsExcess

We are united around a simple goal, and that is keeping the government open while protecting our constituents from the harmful effects of Obamacare.

Tom Graves

SimpleGovernmentGoalOpenUnited

I want to play with my heart.

Miguel Cabrera

HeartPlayWant

The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch-up.

Joshua Foer

RestRememberYearPlayNewKind

If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, that's what you aim for.

Johnny Marr

PeopleYouAimWithoutRadioBeing

I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.

Domhnall Gleeson

DreamMineBeenBrothersWhichHad

Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because I'd love to pay people more. I'd love to see rising wages for everybody.

Douglas R. Oberhelman

LovePeopleLaborMorePaySee

Everybody goes and sees 'Fantastic Four,' but nobody sees 'Sunshine.' I'd have a different career if people saw that.

Chris Evans

SunshinePeopleCareerNobodySaw

There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will be, and whether any flavour save that of onions will survive the competition in the mixture.

Annie Besant

CompetitionSurviveResultWillCook

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