"Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies."

-- Robert M. Sapolsky

#Brain Quotes #Behavior Quotes #Tendencies Quotes

“Some women just arenâ€™t cut out to be mothers, and unfortunately it had taken Susanna three kids to realize she was one of them.”
“We play happy music and we make people happy, that's why they like us”
“Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.”
“I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.”

Source : "The Recognitions". Book by William Gaddis, "Anselm", p. 457, 1955.
“We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.”
“I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.”
“All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.”
“Whatever you think is delusion.”

Source : Dainin Katagiri (1988). “Returning to Silence”, Shambhala Publications

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