Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.
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Related Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se... DOUGLAS COUPLAND We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that... RICHARD BELLZON Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our... RICHARD DAWKINS We are the most informed people in the history of civilization—and yet the most confused. Though o... BILLY GRAHAM We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Precision, directness, and quickness are what human beings are good at. What we have never been good... SUE HUBBELL How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns ... URSULA K. LE GUIN You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues. CAROL PLUM-UCCI You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel. CAROL PLUM-UCCI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES When we vote, when we talk to our friends about what matters to us, when we choose whose lives we pa... JOHN GREEN If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA Acting on our interests refines our understanding of what we are good at and what we value. The expe... MARIAN DEEGAN What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of dis... TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn t... JOHN BINGHAM Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO I've played with most of those Celtic players so I know how good they are, and our players knew what... PAUL LAMBERT We feel very good about our future going forward, ... Part of the repositioning we've done over the ... JACK BOVENDER Most of us right now are in the process of ... due diligence, ... What do we know about this candida... SAM BROWNBACK We believe what we are singing about. Our church has also been so supportive and so good to us. BLAIR MAYS Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Right now, we're working off of whatever funds we can find robbing Peter to pay Paul, basically. ... GRANT KOFORD Take these broken wings and learn to fly. PAUL MCCARTNEY A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. "Yes," I sai... SARAH DESSEN I was taught to think about mission and people. Mission. What are you trying to accomplish? Don't do... COLIN POWELL Our lives are shaped by the questions we ask. Good questions lead to good outcomes. Bad questions le... MICHAEL HYATT What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Half-Jewish. Excellent grammar. ... BECKY ALBERTALLI Fueled by faith and passion for our true priorities we're going to drive against traffic in order to... CRAIG GROESCHEL Europe has done well, so they are all in Europe. We believe our shareholders pay us to make investme... DAVID HERRO Mistakes and slips are a necessary evil part of our daily living. We learn through them all the time... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT We are the cream of the crop. Our model has served us well, and there needs to be a strong reason fo... BYRON MILLER We are the symbolic species. There's really nothing that distinguishes us more from other creatures ... JUDY DELOACHE We are very, very close to being right at the top. What we can?t have happen is to hang our heads an... BETH DUNKENBERGER What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is ow... DR. CARL SAGAN I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, w... STEPHEN COLBERT So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us ... OLIVER SACKS What nourishes us at home and in school is what inspires us. When we get awareness and learn about t... VICENTE FOX Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. PEMA CHöDRöN In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledg... EDWARD O. WILSON Let us know our differences! Let us understand our differences! Let us know and understand that we a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH As we are standing on a dazzling cliff, overwhelmed by a blizzard of unanswered questions, the alarm... ERIK PEVERNAGIE In our more arrogant moments, the sin of pride—or superbia, in Augustine's Latin formulation—tak... ALAIN DE BOTTON People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... ANTHONY LICCIONE Mike is a veteran coach, and he has been at it a long time. Mike also has a good support group. We h... JOE GLENN I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do... MELODY BEATTIE There are so many opportunities that we encounter in our life. But some are so subtle that if we don... WILLIAM MERRICK Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of... DANIEL TAMMET We are fortunate: we are alive; we are powerful; the welfare of our civilization and our species is ... CARL SAGAN Bob always says that what we do is sell a promise to pay. If clients don't trust us, then what good ... KOLEEN ROACH Shaq pe hai yaqeen unko, Yaqeen pe hai shaq Mujhy..... .....Kis ka jhoot jhoot hai, K... VISHAL BHARADWAJ - HAIDER FILM Outcasts, callused from being in exile for too long, learn to thrive on being the hated; the attenti... MIKE NORTON There is no food crisis even as we speak, ... What worries us is the fact the our crop has failed us... ROBERT MUGABE I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We... EUGENE H. PETERSON He is a powerful voice. He reminds us what is at stake. We know we have to be sober-minded in our de... ADRIAN BURGOS According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everythin... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Yeah, because what it all boils down to is at the end of the day, we are all riding on the same boat... BOOTSY COLLINS Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask... NORMAN MACLEAN Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Be... SIDNEY JOURARD We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS We are children, perhaps, at the very moment when we know that it is as children that God loves us -... FREDERICK BUECHNER How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL We have a good record of accomplishment and are very proud of what we are doing to promote our cultu... DAISY FULTON A fine line exists between quitting on ourselves and letting go of a restrictive position in life an... KILROY J. OLDSTER We are members of one another. What binds us together is far greater than what separates us... becau... BENNET OMALU Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of... TED CHIANG Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL
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HAROLD BLOOM We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own. HAROLD BLOOM Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are. AMY BLOOM I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult fi... ORLANDO BLOOM Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the... ALLAN BLOOM Legolas is that kind of action elf who pouts a bit, stares off to the distance, and has a couple her... ORLANDO BLOOM Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I nev... ORLANDO BLOOM My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than ... ORLANDO BLOOM Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about... ORLANDO BLOOM Climate change is not the fault of man. It's Mother Nature's way. And sucking greenhouse gas... HOWARD BLOOM We all have day jobs and fantasize about being rock stars and alt-country stars. DAVE BLOOM The people from church see us in a totally different environment. But I have to censor myself on the... DAVE BLOOM There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proporti... ORLANDO BLOOM Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. ORLANDO BLOOM I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the thing... AMY BLOOM I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single da... LARRY BLOOM I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very ... RACHEL BLOOM I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is ... ORLANDO BLOOM Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whol... RON BLOOM Obviously, this is a continuation of dollar woes. DAVID BLOOM I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone... ORLANDO BLOOM Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their childre... ALLAN BLOOM It really isn't about winning the medal for me. JEREMY BLOOM I'll have a week to put the cleats on and get ready. Is a week enough? I don't see why not. I've bee... JEREMY BLOOM I'm humbled to be here, and I'm very excited. The sport of football has been a huge passion of mine ... JEREMY BLOOM Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most atte... JEREMY BLOOM I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself. ORLANDO BLOOM Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm m... ORLANDO BLOOM