Environment Quote by Daniel Levitin

“If everything in the environment is utterly predictable, you become bored. If it's utterly unpredictable, you become frustrated.”

Daniel Levitin

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What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.

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In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites.

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I have never seen a proton or electron spinning around it. I have never actually seen a chromosome. I trust that they exist because…

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Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely…

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When you're at work, be fully at work. And let your leisure time be what it's meant to be - restorative and fun.

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