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Daniel Levitin Quotes

Music can be thought of as a type of perceptual illusion in which our brain imposes structure and order on a sequence of sounds. Just how this structure leads us to experience emotional reactions is part of the mystery of music.

Daniel Levitin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 27, 1957

Topics

Music Experience Brain Thought Order

We have for too long put vast oil and natural gas reserves off limits to exploration and production, as The Washington Post editorial stated this week.

Jim Costa

Limits Week Long Exploration Oil

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

John Betjeman

Laughter Me World Cold Lose Harvest

When I find a look that I like, that's my entire wardrobe.

Jeremy Irvine

Look Find Like Wardrobe Entire

I have an iPhone. I like it for the camera and the fact that you can have your email and Twitter and all that stuff in one place. However, unlike most men I know, I hate buying new technology.

John Niven

Technology Hate Men Camera You Know

When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Time People Me Go Run Everyday

I'm the worst Bond, according to the internet. Generally hated!

Roger Moore

Bond Internet Worst Hated According

I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling.

Rocky Marciano

Myself Face Feeling Up Count Get

If I say one thing to the UFC, I say it in an interview. I don't have conflicting stories.

Jose Aldo

Say Interview One Thing Stories UFC

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

Don Johnson

Little Girls Think Parent Try More

The Helmand area used to be the breadbasket of Afghanistan. There was a time when a substantial number of the grapes we ate came from Afghanistan.

Des Browne

Time Afghanistan Grapes Used Number

When I got 'Youth,' I also got a small role in 'Star Wars.' I didn't know what to do. I decided to choose based on the character.

Chloe Pirrie

Character Youth Small Choose Know

Particularly during the late 1960s, a large number of American skyjackers earnestly believed that Fidel Castro's Cuba was an egalitarian, post-racial utopia.

Brendan I. Koerner

American Late Cuba Utopia Large