"Neuroplasticity contributes to both the constrained and unconstrained aspects of our nature. It renders our brains not only more resourceful, but also more vulnerable to outside influences."

-- Norman Doidge

#Brain Quotes #Neuroplasticity Quotes #Influence Quotes

“Can't wait to date a supermodel, can't wait to sue my Dad. Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari, on the way to rehab.”
“There are poems about the internet and about the shipping forecast but very few by women celebrating men.”
“There are passions that it is not for man to choose.”
“Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.”
“In time, perhaps, we will mark the memory of September 11th in stone and metal, something we can show children, as yet unborn, to help them understand what happened on this minute and on this day. But for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker weâ€™ll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.”
“I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.”
“I chased money, pretended to be someone else to get it. It got easier the longer I did it... but that's the trap, see? When the deadness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.”

Source : Lucy Christopher (2012). “Stolen”, p.102, Chicken House
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