Iain McGilchrist Quotes

The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics.

Iain McGilchrist

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My friends make me laugh: funny Instagram videos, but mostly people falling over. It's so bad, but it never gets old. I just love how people cover up their falls. The whole experience of 'Oh, I just fell, and I'm going to run out of the fall and pretend I did this on purpose.' I just like to see how people cover up their mishaps.

Jillian Hervey

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Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon.

John Doerr

VanityNowMoreRightClearlyWell

Manu Ginobili - I like to watch him. I would pay to watch him play the game. He will try things that will drive a coach crazy, like a full-court bounce pass, but he has such a flair for the game. I love his energy and his spirit and his unpredictability.

Jeff Van Gundy

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For whatever crispness and animation my writing has I give some credit to the cartoonist manque.

John Updike

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That might be completely self-indulgent, to write your first major-label debut as a dedication to your family. But, you know, that's where my heart was.

Sturgill Simpson

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When you're 14, 15, and you get together and start making a noise, it is the world opening up. You have that indestructible feeling when you're young. But your ambitions when you are 13 are different when you're 25. By that time, your ambition isn't to be a star anymore; it's to make a living doing music.

Stevie Jackson

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Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.

Shimon Peres

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Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night. Got a record deal with a small, little label, went on tour in a van, and a couple years later found that somehow we touched a nerve, and that first record resonated with a bunch of people.

Trent Reznor

FriendPeopleMeNightSmallBorn

If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that's important.

Tony Romo

GreatWifeThinkSomeoneYouGet

I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made.

Romesh Gunesekera

StrengthTimeBelieveI BelieveOver

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

Marvin Olasky

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I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.

Chris Elliott

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