Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Quotes
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.
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When you're a model, you learn how to make the most of your assets - in my case, the smallish behind that is the legacy of my half-Japanese heritage.
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I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.