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- Nov 07, 2020
Brain Quotes
Quotes on the mind, cognition, and neuroscience.
Several quotes here compare human and animal brain development, while others get technical about how scientists actually study brain tissue and electrical activity. For a narrower angle, see Brain Power.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two people making a beat is really like one person making a beat. But you have another person's brain. So what might sound good to you, they could flip it a different way. It's really a collaborative effort, really.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always zoomed through life in a vain attempt to keep up with my sprinting brain. If I have to choose between doing something quickly and doing it right, I often select the speedier option.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote 'Science For Her!' because I found normal, manly science textbooks to be too intense for my small size-0 brain, and I found normal science textbooks to have covers too heavy for my dainty size-0/size-2-with-bloat hands.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty convinced there's a chemical reality to who I am, regarding my brain, that makes me kind of a strange guy.
- Euphoric
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no doubt that there's certain songs and arrangements of music that release a chemical reaction in my brain. This sounds a little goofy, but I really believe that. It's such a euphoric experience that I sort of want to chase that experience as often as possible.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When passion has wrecked the body in one life, it is stamped upon the seed atom. In the next descent to rebirth, it is therefore impossible for him to gather sound material with which to build a brain of stable construction.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just think there is a part of your brain that is supposed to be afraid of getting old, even if you're not really.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're trying to sleep off a debt that you've lumbered your brain and body with during the week, and wouldn't it be lovely if sleep worked like that? Sadly, it doesn't. Sleep is not like the bank, so you can't accumulate a debt and then try and pay it off at a later point in time.
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that efficiency and effectiveness are increased when you're getting sufficient sleep, and it will take you longer to do the same thing on an underslept brain, which means you end up having to stay awake longer. So goes the vicious cycle.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020