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> [I realized, "Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is so cool! How many brain scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/i-realized-oh-my-gosh-i-m-having-a-stroke-and-the-next-thing-my-brain/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

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## More by Jill Bolte Taylor

> [I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/i-m-an-advocate-for-whole-brain-thinking-i-m-not-an-advocate-for-the/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/i-am-the-life-force-power-of-the-universe-i-am-the-life-force-power/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [Please be responsible for the energy you bring into this space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/please-be-responsible-for-the-energy-you-bring-into-this-space/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [“In our own genetic profile, believe it or not, scientific evidence indicates that we humans share 99.4% of our total DNA sequences with the chimpanzee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/in-our-own-genetic-profile-believe-it-or-not-scientific-evidence/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [My favorite definition of fear is: False Expectations Appearing Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/my-favorite-definition-of-fear-is-false-expectations-appearing-real/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [“Although the statistics vary depending upon whom you ask, virtually everyone who is right handed (over 85% of the U.S. population) is left hemisphere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/although-the-statistics-vary-depending-upon-whom-you-ask-virtually/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/although-many-of-us-may-think-of-ourselves-as-thinking-creatures-that/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [I really need people to take responsibility for the kind of energy they bring to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/i-really-need-people-to-take-responsibility-for-the-kind-of-energy/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/for-me-it-s-really-easy-to-be-kind-to-others-when-i-remember-that/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [chaos is the first step in the creative process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/chaos-is-the-first-step-in-the-creative-process/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/my-stroke-of-insight-would-be-peace-is-only-a-thought-away-and-all-we/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [“Our visual field, the entire view of what we can see when we look out into the world, is divided into billions of tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/our-visual-field-the-entire-view-of-what-we-can-see-when-we-look-out/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [Then it crosses my mind, ‘But I’m a very busy woman! I don’t have time for a stroke!’](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/then-it-crosses-my-mind-but-i-m-a-very-busy-woman-i-don-t-have-time/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [If I can choose who I am in the moment, then I can choose to come in as my left brain personality and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/if-i-can-choose-who-i-am-in-the-moment-then-i-can-choose-to-come-in/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

> [The two hemispheres of the brain are two very different places and they don't share any cell bodies. They are completely separate entities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/the-two-hemispheres-of-the-brain-are-two-very-different-places-and/)

[Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/)

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