"In its evolution from a more primitive nervous system, the brain, as an organ with ten or more billion neurons and many more connections between them must have changed and grown as a result of many accidents."

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Source : "Adventures of a Mathematician". Book by Stanislaw Ulam, 3rd edition. Chapter 15: "Random Reflections on Mathematics and Science", p. 274, 1991.

Stanislaw Ulam

#Brain Quotes #Neurons Quotes #Connections Quotes

“Hy gododin catann hue Hud a lledrith mal wyddan Gaunce ae bellawn wen cabri Varigal don Fincayra Dravia, dravia Fincayra (Talking trees and walking stones, Giants aare the island's bones. While this land our dance still knows, Varigal crowns Fincayra. Live long, live long Fincayra.”

Source : T. A. Barron (2011). “The Seven Songs”, p.187, Penguin
“Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly government in Baghdad falling. But it also includes its desire not to have ISIL's ideology spread in the region where it lives”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I do think it's true that a huge amount of the oversight that the White House engages in with respect to the Executive Branch is out of fear that somebody's going to do something crazy and drive the president off a cliff.”
“I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face.”

Source : "Hayley Atwell: 'The real me is a loner, a nerd and a bit overweight'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2010.
“That depends. Youâ€™ve got to define â€˜party girl.â€™ If you mean Iâ€™m a walking good time, then hells yeah. But Iâ€™m not wasted and stumbling out of clubs and getting DUIs. Iâ€™m not that kind of party girl. I may be blonde and fun as balls, but Iâ€™m not a moron.”
“I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.”
“Write about winter in the summer.”

Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “The Abundance”, p.82, Canongate Books
“Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.”

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