"We can only know in the nervous system what we have known in behavior first."

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Source : Julian Jaynes (2000). “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”, p.28, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Julian Jaynes

#Firsts Quotes #Nervous Quotes #Behavior Quotes

“All my life I have dreamed of you.”

Source : Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.206, Penguin
“Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.”
“In America, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. Suicide (disappearance by imitation, or willed extinction), violence (hysterical religiosity, crime, armed revolt), and exemplary moral courage; none of these is normal.”
“Presenting Saturday mornings has been a dream for a long time. And one day in September I am going to wake up very early and it will be a reality. I can't wait.”
“Running is a kind of truth serum. It brutally strips away everything you put on and leaves you with only yourself.”
“None of the adults I knew ever touched in public, much less kneaded each others flesh.”
“I've never been to Vegas, but I've gambled all my life.”
“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”

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