Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
If there were ever any half-bloods who needed to worry about that, it was Thalia and me. I wondered if maybe I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Inertia is depression's best friend. There's always a hump to get over before you can actually change. So pushing yourself over the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
American society in recent years has been imitating behavior patterns that have produced negative - and sometimes catastrophic - consequences in many… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Curation is a form of pattern recognition - pieces of information or insight which over time amount to an implicit point of… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
Of course, the drug does not produce the transcendent experience. It merely acts as a chemical key — it opens the mind,… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Molecules don't have patterns. You create a pattern by the perception of something. The continuity of awareness is your perceptual field. Existence… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I love my parents very much, but people either continue or break the patterns of what their life should be and I… — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
It may be that we exist and cease to exist in alternations, like the minute dots in some forms of toned printing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can hear the sizzle of newborn stars, and know anything of meaning, of the fierce magic emerging here. I am witness… — Joy Harjo Copy Share Image
I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
I believe that patterns tend to repeat themselves and there are connections between the past and the present. There is the old… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Just try walking very slowly, and you will be surprised - a new quality of awareness starts happening in the body. Eat… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In nature nothing is at standstill, everything pulsates, appears and disappears. Heart, breath, digestion, sleep and waking - birth and death -… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
A belief is only a thought you continue to think. A belief is nothing more than a chronic pattern of thought, and… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
History being the record of human action is a richly variegated material, and it is not easy to give a true impression… — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological… — John Grierson Copy Share Image
A child lies like a grey pebble on the shore until a certain teacher picks him up and dips him in water,… — Elizabeth Hay Copy Share Image
The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
Under crowded conditions the friendly social interactions between members of a group become reduced, and the destructive and aggressive patterns show a… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern, but a lot of guys you're… — Fred Ward Copy Share Image
Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can’t grasp them. There is a pattern… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
That's what life is: repetitive routines. It's a matter of finding the balance between deviating from those patterns and knowing when to… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The point is that whatever one is trying to learn, it is necessary to have firsthand experience, rather than learning from books… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
It's human nature to find patterns where there are none and to find skill where luck is a more likely explanation (particularly… — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Fashion is more than just how many colors and patterns you can put on at once. Being a great dresser is not… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
Write a list of ways that you have benefited from being married to your spouse. Then write a list of your spouse's… — Zelig Pliskin Copy Share Image
A critical key to achieving success lies in your ability to activate your potential to create the results you seek... start by… — Lauren Mackler Copy Share Image
Growing up in Delhi, India, I did puzzles, explored numbers, and searched for patterns in everyday settings long before I ever saw… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
The key thing to understand is that solar activity causes shifts in the jet stream with consequent changes in weather patterns and… — Piers Corbyn Copy Share Image
I believe my most important skill is an ability to perceive patterns in the market. I think this aptitude for pattern recognition… — Linda Bradford Raschke Copy Share Image
Man's unconscious... contains all the patterns of life and behaviour inherited from his ancestors, so that every human child, prior to consciousness,… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Writing is my way of diving deep into an issue. My approach is to watch, read and listen - sometimes for years… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
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