"The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race."

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Source : Wilder Penfield (1963). “The second career: with other essays and addresses”

Wilder Penfield

#Destiny Quotes #Race Quotes #Brain Quotes

“I killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight.”
“Despite Langdonâ€™s six-foot frame and athletic build, Anderson saw none of the cold, hardened edge he expected from a man famous for surviving an explosion at the Vatican and a manhunt in Paris. This guy eluded the French policeâ€¦in loafers? He looked more like someone Anderson would expect to find hearthside in some Ivy League library reading Dostoyevsky.”
“Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation , followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.”

Source : Interview with Adam Kimmel, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 27, 2010.
“If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.”
“Your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry.”
“My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.”
“Grace has a way of sneaking up on you like that. When you least deserve it.”

Source : Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.15, Harper Collins
“"Point of view" is that quintessentially human solution to information overload, an intuitive process of reducing things to an essential relevant and manageable minimum.. In a world of hyper abundant content, point of view will become the scarcest of resources.”

Source : "It's The Context, Stupid" by Paul Saffo, www.wired.com. March 1, 1994.

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