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Sam Kean Quotes

The amygdala is one of those brain structures that a lot of people know a little bit about, and there's a definite tendency to conflate the amygdala and the fear response itself - as if the amygdala, and the amygdala alone, 'causes' fear.

Sam Kean

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american

Topics

Fear Alone People Brain Know Little

I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I've always considered myself a popular artist.

Maxfield Parrish

Work Myself Appreciation People Me

Not even a superpower can hold onto its economic sovereignty if it fails to get its fiscal house in order, and no one needs a well-regulated international economic order more than the United States.

Michael Ignatieff

House More Order Hold Sovereignty

When we acquired Secureworks, if we had taken it and made all the salespeople into Dell salespeople, we would have totally destroyed Secureworks. Instead, it remained Secureworks but with capital from Dell and access to Dell's customers. And now, it's a great business.

Michael Dell

Business Great Now Destroyed Made

It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics.

Snoop Dogg

Football Easy Kid Gang Academics

When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any good.

Matt Berninger

Good Think Down Write Things Just

I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think the Right is correct to stress merit and earned rewards, not handouts and forced equality. But I think what Republicans are blind to is that power corrupts.

Jonathan Haidt

Power Stress Equality Think Blind

I respect anyone who has to fight and howl for his decency.

Deborah Kerr

Respect Fight Decency Who Howl His

I'm obsessed with golf, so I love going to play golf.

Chris Lane

Love Golf Play Going Obsessed

I'm from Italy, but when I'm in L.A., I dress a little bit rock and roll.

Chiara Ferragni

Dress Rock And Roll Rock Little Roll

Some of the most untidy writers have also been the most productive. Iris Murdoch, for instance, wrote a good 30 books in a house strewn with rubbish.

Craig Brown

Good House Productive Been Rubbish

I've been ripping the Rolling Stones off with every song I write in some form or another.

Brad Paisley

Song Write Rolling Stones Off Been

I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

Brian O'Driscoll

Football Rugby Fan Before Became