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  • I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both directors combine moral seriousness with great artistry and, certainly in Hitchcock's case, an enormous respect for plot, for its power to enthrall and delight.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adam Ross Quotes , Years Quotes , Brain Quotes
  • Conscious attention is a designed function of the brain which scans the environment for any trouble making changes. If you identify yourself with your trouble shooter, then naturally you define yourself as being in a perpetual state of anxiety.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Anxiety Quotes , Brain Quotes
  • In order to explain why the ordinary Sadhus and Yogis take to tobacco and gānja [an intoxicant], I said that these cause stimulation of the physical brain. But these have reactions. And to stimulate the brain thus is not the proper process.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Sri Aurobindo Quotes , Order Quotes , Brain Quotes
  • I'm newly widowed, so I've gone from having a life partner, and having another brain to make decisions with, to doing it all on my own and questioning what I'm doing. I have to be a calmer person, because my anger can look pretty terrifying to a young person.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adina Porter Quotes , Decision Quotes , Brain Quotes
  • Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And it is something that the individual alone can feel and experience. Each of us cherishes it highly, yet it is private.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Brain Quotes , Location Quotes
  • The neurochemistry of the brain is astonishingly busy, the circuitry of a machine more wonderful than any devised by humans. But there is no evidence that its functioning is due to anything more than the 10(14) neural connections that build an elegant architecture of consciousness.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Brain Quotes , Connections Quotes
  • Conscious attention is a designed function of the brain which scans the environment for any trouble making changes. If you identify yourself with your trouble shooter, then naturally you define yourself as being in a perpetual state of anxiety.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Anxiety Quotes , Brain Quotes
  • But he could not taste, he could not feel. In the teashop among the tables and the chattering waiters the appalling fear came over him- he could not feel. He could reason; he could read, Dante for example, quite easily…he could add up his bill; his brain was perfect; it must be the fault of the world then- that he could not feel.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Perfect Quotes , Brain Quotes
  • Anything that is secret and mysterious in this system of Yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In spirituality, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you. Have nothing to do with it. Mystery-mongering weakens the human brain. It has well-nigh destroyed Yoga, one of the grandest of sciences
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Yoga Quotes , Brain Quotes