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In the Nineties, there was all this new research into brain development, with evidence saying poor kids fall behind in school because no one is talking to them at home, no one is reading to them. And middle-class parents seized on this research.
Pamela Druckerman
Saying
Home
School
Parents
Reading
Fall
Research
Nineties
Evidence
Kids
Seized
No-One
Development
New
Talking
Because
Brain
Behind
Them
Poor
I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
Patricia Schroeder
Both
Brain
Use
Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He has to use his brain and his courage. That's what always appealed to me.
Patrick Leahy
Me
Courage
Batman
Superpowers
He
Always
His
Brain
Any
Use
Appealed
I'm on the Sensa diet. It's a little magic powder based on Dr. Hirsh's clinical trials and studies and it basically signals the brain that you're full through smellology.
Patti Stanger
You
Trials
Signals
Magic
Through
Studies
Powder
Clinical
Brain
Diet
Little
Full
Based
Dr
Basically
The brain is the most complex, challenging scientific puzzle we have ever tried to decode.
Paul Allen
Complex
Tried
Puzzle
Most
Scientific
Brain
Ever
Challenging
I'm trying to do some things with my brain institute to understand more about the impact of concussion on brain tissue, because we have some scientists over there who are really good at looking at brain tissue and the effects of things on brain tissue.
Paul Allen
Good
Looking
Impact
Some
Some Things
About
More
Over
Institute
Because
Understand
Scientists
Brain
Effects
Trying
Tissue
Really
Who
Things
Moore's Law-based technology is so much easier than neuroscience. The brain works in such a different way from the way a computer does.
Paul Allen
Technology
Way
Easier
Moore
Neuroscience
Computer
Does
Brain
Than
Different
Much
Works
Different Way
I just try to stuff my brain with everything that I can read on what is going on in science at a very high level, and sometimes I see connections of what might need to be done.
Paul Allen
Science
Sometimes
Try
Everything
High
High Level
See
Stuff
Read
Brain
Very
Done
Going
Just
Might
Connections
Level
Need
I first got interested in the brain through computers.
Paul Allen
First
Through
Computers
Got
Brain
Interested
There's a long history of artificial intelligence programs that try to mimic what the brain is doing, but they've all fallen short.
Paul Allen
History
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligence
Try
Long
Mimic
Programs
Long History
Doing
Fallen
Brain
Artificial
Short
The brain has this amazing level of almost fractal complexity to it. When you start looking at any part of it in detail, you realize that it's much more complex than you thought.
Paul Allen
You
Amazing
Thought
Looking
Complex
Complexity
Detail
More
Part
Almost
Brain
Than
Any
Realize
Much
Level
Start
As an ex-programmer, I'm still just curious about how the brain functions, how that flow of information really happens.
Paul Allen
About
How
Still
Brain
Curious
Just
Happens
Information
Really
Functions
Flow
I find the function of the brain incredibly fascinating, and it's like trying to crack the toughest, most complicated problem there is.
Paul Allen
Problem
Complicated
Incredibly
Find
Toughest
Like
Most
Brain
Crack
Trying
Fascinating
Function
The human brain works in, so far, mysterious and wondrous ways that are completely different than the ways that computers calculate. Things like appetite or emotion, how do those function in the brain?
Paul Allen
Ways
Those
Mysterious
Emotion
Computers
Calculate
Like
How
Brain
Than
Wondrous
Human
Different
Human Brain
Far
Works
Function
Appetite
Things
Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.
Paul Bloom
Science
Immaterial
Tells
Physical
Purely
Self
Arises
Souls
Brain
Modern
Modern Science
Us
Conscious
My brain is open.
Paul Erdos
Open
Brain
I'm sure our brains are working unconsciously. When you have a creative thought, it's parts of the brain talking to each other without your awareness.
Paul Greengard
You
Creative
Thought
Awareness
Other
Our
Talking
Sure
Parts
Without
Brain
Brains
Working
Your
Each
While all doctors treat diseases, neurosurgeons' work is the crucible of identity. Every operation on the brain is, by necessity, a manipulation of the substance of our selves.
Paul Kalanithi
Work
Treat
Doctors
Every
Our
Crucible
Identity
Operation
Brain
Selves
Diseases
Substance
While
Manipulation
Necessity
Before operating on a patient's brain... I must first understand his mind: his identity, his values, what makes his life worth living, and what devastation makes it reasonable to let that life end.
Paul Kalanithi
Life
Worth
Mind
Values
First
Before
Patient
Living
Worth Living
Must
Devastation
Identity
Operating
Makes
Understand
His
Brain
End
Reasonable
We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them 'graham crackers.'
Paul Mooney
Black
White
Skin
Mad
Call
Real
Brain
Lot
Crackers
Get
Graham
Them
I remember doing this little physical gesture of holding up my foot and having my foot wave around while I held my ankle. It got a big laugh, and when people started laughing, it dumped some chemicals on my brain. It just felt so good.
Paul Rust
Good
People
Remember
Big
Gesture
Holding
Wave
Laugh
Laughing
Physical
Some
Having
Foot
Ankle
Around
Felt
Got
Chemicals
Doing
Brain
Dumped
Up
Just
While
Little
Held
Started
The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I think that when you're purchasing a piece of art it's a tremendous bonus to get to meet the artist because you get a chance to pick their brain a bit and find out first hand what the piece is about for the artist.
Paul Stanley
Art
Great
You
People
First
Think
Bonus
Tremendous
Meet
Bit
Out
Find
Purchasing
About
Pick
Piece
Great Thing
Because
Doing
Brain
Hand
Get
Artist
Interested
Your
Who
Shows
Thing
Chance
When I was 5 years old, I saw people dancing in my head. In college, I would choreograph for the cultural shows, and in my notes, I would actually create formations of people. It was how my whole brain worked.
Payal Kadakia
People
Old
College
Dancing
Saw
Would
Head
How
Years
Cultural
Brain
Notes
Worked
Create
Whole
Shows
Choreograph
Actually
My brain never stops thinking about basketball, and even when I'm asleep, I'm thinking about basketball. I love it; I love the Xs and Os and the preparation of it.
Penny Hardaway
Love
Preparation
Thinking
About
Never
Brain
Stops
Asleep
Even
Basketball
I feel kind of limited and locked into my body and brain - I'm not super into it all the time.
Perfume Genius
Time
Locked
Kind
Super
Feel
Limited
Brain
Body
Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.
Pete Rose
Me
You
Old
Doctors
Year
Thirty
Tell
Both
Know
Got
Year-Old
Brain
Fifteen
Body
Baseball
Play
Play Baseball
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