"Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask."

-- Paul Bloom

#Powerful Quotes #Attention Quotes #Pay Quotes

“The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“At first, the new owner pretends he never looked at the living room floor.”
“If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up to this. For, in truth, He has not opened if for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deeds? What a difference between what He brings to you and what you present to Him!”
“I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.”
“I can teach you to dance, but you have to hear the music.”
“O, there is lovely to feel a book, a good book, firm in the hand, for its fatness holds rich promise, and you are hot inside to think of good hours to come.”

Source : RICHARD LLEWELLYN (1967). “HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY”
“Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage.”
“No matter how far apart we are, we are all under and looking at the same sky.”

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