"Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences."

-- Richard Davidson

#Responsibility Quotes #Optimism Quotes #Brain Quotes

“I've been doing interviews for years, and in all that time, I've virtually never read one and gone, 'Yep, factually and tonally that's exactly what happened.' Pretty much never.”
“Life is what happens in-between the mother and the sister”
“I look really young. I always get carded at bars. No one believes that I'm over 18, let alone over 21.”
“Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.”

Source : John M. Perkins (1993). “Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development”, p.93, Baker Books
“Whereas the melancholic exhibits a state of general inhibition, in the manic patient even normal inhibitions of the instincts are partly or wholly abolished.”

Source : Karl Abraham (1988). “Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D.”
“I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.”
“One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city.”

Source : "New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2010.
“I love changing. I hate it when people try to box me in to a relationship or in a work context. Any situation where I feel boxed in freaks me out. And I feel the need to reinvent myself or I'll get bored.”

Source : "He'll turn his hand to anything". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2002.

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