“But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it? And yet --!” IfsNeedsPartyMorningPiecesNeededTomorrowConsciousHorseBlowShakesSooner Or LaterShakingTomorrow Morning Book:Animal Farm and 1984 Source: Animal Farm and 1984
“I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.” IfsSelfSometimesHandsGuyThreeActorsCasesPiecesDirectorsConsciousStartingImpressionSuitsAuditionsSelf ConsciousPomposity Author:Charles Kimbrough
“I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes. I find inspiration in everything from a piece of art to the hem of a dress. I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of all kinds moves me. And a divinely expressed performance in any genre sets me completely on fire.” PeopleKindArtInspirationMovingMistakeFirePiecesCreationConsciousPerformancesDressesMovedCloudsCoffeeAll KindsCupsGenreWrestlingFrankElephantsCoffee CupQuirksHemZappa Author:Idara Victor
“It was weird to be in a movie that's very clearly a period piece like Killing Reagan, but that's about a time that's within my own memory. That's really weird. And conscious memory, not just vague.” MemoriesMy OwnPiecesPeriodsConsciousKillingVagueReally Weird Author:Cynthia Nixon
“When we remember something, we're taking bits and pieces of experience - sometimes from different times and places - and bringing it all together to construct what might feel like a recollection but is actually a construction. The process of calling it into conscious awareness can change it, and now you're storing something that's different. We all do this, for example, by inadvertently adopting a story we've heard.” FeelsDifferentSometimesStoriesMightTogetherRememberBitsProcessPiecesHeardAwarenessExampleCallingConsciousConstructionConstructsRecollectionDifferent TimesAdoptingConscious AwarenessBits And PiecesRemember Something Author:Elizabeth Loftus
“We are made up of an entire parliament of pieces and parts and subsystems. Beyond a collection of local expert systems, we are collections of overlapping, ceaselessly reinvented mechanism, a group of competing factions. The conscious mind fabricates stories to explain the sometimes inexplicable dynamics of the subsystem inside brain. It can be disquieting to consider the extent to which all of our actions are driven by hardwired systems doing what they do best while we overlay stories about choices.” MindMadeSometimesStoriesActionChoicesBrainPiecesGroupsConsciousDrivenLocalsExpertsCollectionsMechanismCompetingParliamentOur ActionsDynamicsFactionsInexplicableConscious MindOverlappingFabricate Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“From the first time he'd met her, he'd sensed an air of contradiction about her. She was very much a woman, but still retained a waiflike quality. She could be brash, and at times deliberately suggestive, yet she was painfully shy. She was incredibly easy to get along with, yet she had few friends. She was a talented artist in her own right, but so self-conscious about her work that she rarely completed a piece and preferred to work with other people's art and ideas.” PeopleFirstsArtStillsIdeasSelfArtistEasyQualityPiecesAirMetsConsciousFirst TimeContradictionShySelf ConsciousEasy To GetFew FriendsBrash Author:Charles de Lint