"Some of us, for better or worse, develop very stable, consistent, and largely predictable machineries of self. But in others, the self machinery is more flexible and more open to unexpected turns."

-- Antonio Damasio

#Self Quotes #Unexpected Quotes #Machinery Quotes

“I write to understand as much as to be understood.”
“If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven.”
“We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred.”
“Don't bury your failures, let them inspire you.”
“For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.”
“Every end is the beginning of something else.”
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”
“There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that could stay at those positions... they're very hard to acquire. Sometimes you have to overpay for them, because of that lack of inventory.”

Source : "Q&A: Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks GM". Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. December 26, 2012.

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