"The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is."

-- Annie Dillard

#Mean Quotes #Animal Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“I have always loved the Bay Area. I spent a lot of time in the Bay Area. I started my career there. That's a huge part of the excitement for me.”
“I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.”
“One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won't let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world. If you're lucky enough to find this person, never let them go.”
“There is a great need today for all mankind to heed the plea to cease to find fault one with another. Some of us are so accustomed to wearing faultfinding spectacles that we cannot see past them. We need to open our eyes and ears and look for the good and the blessings around us.”
“I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I call myself a humorist.”
“Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that's how we'll know life is finally finished.”
“I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.”
“On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already?”

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