"Basically there are two types of animals: animals, and animals that have no brains; they are called plants. They don't need a nervous system because they don't move actively, they don't pull up their roots and run in a forest fire! Anything that moves actively requires a nervous system; otherwise it would come to a quick death."

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Source : "The Electric Brain". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. October 23, 2001.

Rodolfo Llinas

#Running Quotes #Moving Quotes #Animal Quotes

“I believe that Brazil was prepared to elect a woman. Why? Because Brazilian women achieved that. I didn't come here by myself, by my own merits. We are a majority here in this country.”
“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
“I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.”

Source : "For Feller, Navy was easy decision". Interview with Mary Buckheit, www.espn.com. November 12, 2009.
“I think we all should try and eat a good diet. It's actually a wonderful to eat a good diet, because you're eating all of these different kinds of foods... and they all taste good, and when you get used to it, you feel better!”
“Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.”
“I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.”
“God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.”
“I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian.”

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