"While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music."

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Source : Jonah Lehrer (2008). “Proust Was a Neuroscientist”, p.140, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jonah Lehrer

#Human Nature Quotes #Notes Quotes #Nurture Quotes

“Thhe essence of documentary filmmaking is how you manipulate the material to create an emotional impact, as opposed to just delivering information.”
“An appetite for knowledge is apt to rush one off one's feet, like any other appetite if not curbed. I often stand in the in the centre of the Library here and think despairingly how impossible it is ever to become possessed of all the wealth of facts and ideas contained in the books surrounding me on every hand.”

Source : W.N.P. Barbellion (2017). “The Journal of a Disappointed Man: & A Last Diary”, p.12, Courier Dover Publications
“It's a culmination of your life of surfing when you turn and paddle in at Mavericks.”
“A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.”
“An essay is something that tracks the evolution of a human mind.”
“I'm not a big city guy...there's too many people, there's too much traffic.”
“All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive logic, they are committed.”
“Wisdom is the capacity to see things from God's viewpoint.”

Source : Charles Stanley (2006). “Walking Wisely: Real Life Solutions for Life's Journey”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

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