"There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So on my view there is no reason to suppose anything like ten million colour responses to surface viewed singly."

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Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

David Papineau

#Views Quotes #Differences Quotes #Brain Quotes

“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”

Source : bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom”, p.133, Routledge
“In the ring, it's fun to be the bad guy, but 24 hours a day, when you have to talk to kids, and you see Make-A-Wish kids that love you, the bad guy stuff is not fun. I'd rather be a good guy 24 hours a day than a bad guy just for a few minutes in the ring.”
“I meditate. Meditation helps me.”

Source : Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. October 9, 2012.
“"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.”
“There are a lot of decisions we pass up on because we think, "You know what? That's just going to build - you know, maybe that's going to build me and not build the ministry and what I'm trying to do." So we pass up on a lot of opportunities.”
“Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.”

Source : Benjamin Spock, M.D. (2012). “Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 9th Edition”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Virtue lives when Beauty dies.”
“I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion.”

Source : Interview with Michael Cavna, www.washingtonpost.com. March 12, 2011.

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