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“The part of my brain that was responsible for creating the world I lived and moved in and for taking the raw data that came in through my senses and fashioning it into a meaningful universe: that part of my brain was down, and out. And yet despite all of this, I had been alive, and aware, truly aware, in a universe characterized above all by love, consciousness, and reality. There was, for me, simply no arguing this fact. I knew it so completely that I ached.”
Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife”, p.130, Simon and Schuster
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“Radio is the theater of the mind; television is the theater of the mindless.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.”
Source : "How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science" by Randy Schekman, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2013.
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“To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.”
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“I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.”
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“What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special.”
Source : Max Barry (2000). “Syrup: A Novel”, p.161, Penguin
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“My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.”
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“When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.”