"A meticulous virtual copy of the human brain would enable basic research on brain cells and circuits or computer-based drug trials."

“Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.”

“My skin's too white." she said. Says who, Snow White?" he said, touching her cheek lightly with one hand.”

“Jazz vision is a wordless conversation between musical notes and visual expressions.”

“Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.”

“How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make to perceive that which is not obvious, which can neither be seen nor heard? I believe the exploration and enrichment of the human spirit is what determines our very humanity. Such enrichment provides an inner compass that can lead civilizations to greatness.”

“The truth is that most people have a better chance to be uncommon by effort than by natural gifts.  Anyone could give that effort in his or her chosen endeavor, but the typical person doesn't, choosing to do only enough to get by.”

“All life worth living is difficult, nobody promised us happiness; it is not a commodity you have earned, or shall ever earn. It is a by-product of brave living, and it never comes in the form we expect, or at the season we hoped for, or as the result of our planning for it ...”

Source : Katherine Anne Porter, Isabel Bayley (1994). “Letters of Katherine Anne Porter”, p.204, Atlantic Monthly Press

“I think what a lot of people forget is that a lot of the music in the '60s and the '70s was made in the spirit of daring, spontaneity, and adventure, so the minute all that sinks into this sense of a classic form, it has lost its spirit.”

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