Sam Kean Quotes

Despite what you might guess, when monitoring your breathing, your body doesn't care whether you're inhaling enough oxygen. It cares only whether you're expelling enough carbon dioxide - that's the gas that sets off the panic button when you're suffocating.

Sam Kean

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CareEnoughYouBodyYour BodyOff

I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work.

Jim Evans

LifeWorkEnjoyYouLessonFind

Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted - brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit.

Sinead Burke

LoveStrugglePersonalityEmpathy

I was too kind of brave and proud to want a dialect coach because I thought that showed weakness in my armor. But then you just learn it's a more efficient way of doing it. A dialect coach is really important because it takes a certain technical responsibility off your shoulders.

Russell Crowe

ResponsibilityBraveProudThought

I like kissable lips. A woman's lips must say, 'Come here and kiss me, Pops.'

Louis Armstrong

WomanKissMeLipsSayHere

You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you.

Judith Light

YourselfSayingSomeoneYouKnow

The hockey I was raised on, the hockey I understand, the hockey that my dad taught me about when I was a boy was intrinsically connected with fighting. I grew up in a house where we revered tough guys.

Jay Baruchel

MeToughHockeyFightingHouseBoy

I got an invitation to go to the Olympic trials. And in the same week, I got a telegram from a... big executive at Columbia Records.

Johnny Mathis

WeekGoTrialsSameInvitationBig

I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

Diego Luna

ChanceEnjoyWorkingSurprisedMuch

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.

Dennis Quaid

FollowBlissWouldLikeKids

In other relationships, it may be permissible to overpower people, but not between people who are living together. That relationship is supposed to be between equals.

David Viscott

RelationshipTogetherPeopleLiving

When I stopped wrestling, I literally lay in bed for two weeks.

CM Punk

BedWrestlingTwoLiterallyWeeks

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.

August Wilson

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