"The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff... and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?"

-- Jane Yolen

#Mean Quotes #Brain Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.”
“For those of us who have been diagnosed with cancer, time is a precious commodity. The time and distance from the scientist's lab bench to the patient's bedside must be shortened.”
“I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.”
“I drink, you drink. Hell, if marijuana was legal, I'd appear in a commercial for that too.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In the world according to her father, Jenny Garp knew, we must have energy. Her famous grandmother, Jenny Fields, once thought of us as Externals, Vital Organs, Absentees, and Goners. But in the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.”
“That's how it is with legends. The greater they sound, the more must've got left out.”

Source : Tim Tharp (2008). “Knights of the Hill Country”, p.182, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.”
“Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.”

Source : "How to make stress your friend". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2013.

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