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"It's my red hair that interferes with my good sense. All that color so close to my brain, it plum disorients me most days."

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e. e. cummings Poet, Painter
Brain

"Let must or if be damned with whomever's afraid down with ought with because with every brain which thinks it thinks, nor dares to feel."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
Brain

"As human, we all have the same human potential, unless there is some sort of retarded brain function. The wonderful human brain is the source of our strength and the source of our future, provided we utilize it in the right direction. If we use the brilliant human mind in the wrong way, it is really a disaster."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Brain

"Girls aren't very good at keeping maps in their brains", said Edmund, "That's because we've got something in them", replied Lucy."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Brain

"Anyone who endeavors to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened. You are embarking on something that is going to take the whole of you, brains and all."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Brain

"It is, of course, quite true that God will not love you any less, or have less use for you, if you happen to have been born with a very second-rate brain."

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Paul McCartney Musician, Singer-songwriter
Brain

"I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating."

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Peter Høeg Author
Brain

"I'm not crying about anything or anyone in particular. The life I live I created for myself, and I wouldn't want it any different. I cry because in the universe there is something as beautiful as Kremer playing the Brains violin concerto."

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Barbara Kingsolver Author, Biologist
Brain

"Morality is not a large, constructed *thing* you have or have not, but simply a capacity. Something you carry with you in your brain and in your hands."

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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it. Then I remembered that line from Jaws and couldn't help smiling: 'We're gonna need a bigger boat."

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