"I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain."
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"When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion."
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"But when the flash flood crosses your path, when the lion leaps at you from the grasses, advanced self-awareness is an unaffordable indulgence. The brain stem does its best."
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"The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest."
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"The brain is the citadel of sense perception."
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"I think my hight had the most significant single effect on my existence, aside from my brain. In fact, it's part of an inferior-superior syndrome. I think I have an inferior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it."
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"Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity"
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"I got a generation brainwashed to pop pills and smoke pot til they brains rot."
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"I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up."
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"Despite a primitive brain, the octopus possesses an intricate system that helps it decide which tentacle to masturbate with."
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"When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it."
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"There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies."
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"Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped"
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"Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains all the time."
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"We want lifelong good health and an end to fearing the aging process. By combining the fruits of modern neuroscience and timeless wisdom, you can achieve those goals. That is what your brain is designed for. The key is realizing that you are the user of your brain."
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"My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains."
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"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
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"Over-thinking in your brain is anathema to the process of thinking on your feet."
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"Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer."
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"That’s what the human brain is there for—to turn the chaos of given experience into a set of manageable symbols. Sometimes the symbols correspond fairly closely to some of the aspects of the external reality behind our experience; then you have science and common sense. Sometimes, on the contrary, the symbols have almost no connection with external reality; then you have paranoia and delirium. More often there’s a mixture, part realistic and part fantastic; that’s religion."
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