"With any hallucinations, if you can do functional brain imagery while theyre going on, you will find that the parts of the brain usually involved in seeing or hearing - in perception - have become super active by themselves. And this is an autonomous activity; this does not happen with imagination."

-- Oliver Sacks

#Imagination Quotes #Perception Quotes #Brain Quotes

“The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.”

Source : Source: filmschoolrejects.com
“When done right, music should breathe, be alive. It's not about getting it perfect, it's about capturing lightning in a bottle.”
“Let Apella the Jew believe it.”
“I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake.”
“Heal the soul first; then healing of the mind and body will follow.”

Source : Zhi Gang Sha (2012). “The Power of Soul”, p.272, Simon and Schuster
“I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth's gravitational pull has become since 1990.”
“Then suddenly Jack was a changed boy. Something wonderful had happened to him, and it had made him different. It sometimes happened to people that they see or hear something quite wonderful and then they are never altogether the same again.”

Source : E. Nesbit (2015). “Fairy Tales for Young Readers: By the Author of Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers”, p.50, Courier Corporation
“The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.”

Source : 1984 Stanley and the Women, ch.2.

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