"Since the idea that modification of synaptic function can provide a basis for memory arose shortly after the first anatomical description of the synapse a number of models (Hebb 1949 . . Hayek 1952 . . Kendel 1981) have been proposed in which various cognitive activities are represented by combinations of the firing patterns of individual neurons."

-- Gerald Edelman

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“Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was.”
“We all have issues and we have usually come by them honestly.”
“Go out on the front porch of the house, turn the Washington Post over with your big toe, and if your name's above the fold, you know you're not going to have a good day.”

Source : 1993 Of the Bert Lance Toe Test which he devised for his nine months in the Carter administration. In the Washington Post, 6 Oct.
“All Church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit; therefore those in whom the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church power. But the Spirit dwells in the whole Church, and therefore the whole Church is the seat of Church power.”
“Because nine years ago, I walked up to the most beautiful girl in the bar, and tonight she's still the only person I want to talk to.”
“When led of the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak.”

Source : Lewis Sperry Chafer (1944). “True Evangelism: Or Winning Souls By Prayer”, p.76, Moody Publishers
“The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. The only way they can make a profit is if they don't pay for your operation. If they pay for your operation and your doctor's appointment and your pharmaceuticals, they don't make any money.”
“Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.”

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