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“In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.”

Years Wells Running Consciousness Ought Household Cleaning Threshold Thorough

Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

“I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.”

Thinking Would Be Running Difficult Memories Brain Consciousness Computer Program Cease Turned Off Neural Networks

Author:Stephen Hawking

“Consciousness is anything you define it as. I tell people instead of waiting, just take any definition that you like, and use that, and run with it! So I don't think the issue is that we don't know what consciousness is. The issue is we don't have a consensus on what consciousness is. Far from it.”

People Thinking Knows Use Running Waiting Consciousness Issues Definitions Consensus

Author:Stanley Krippner

“In an old model, the way a film would imprint itself on the public's consciousness is to get a theatrical run. But now there are more documentaries and more films in general being released than ever before. There are weeks when the New York Times is reviewing 15 films, so it's harder to leave an impression on the public. A lot of these films are seeing their financial future on digital platforms. Because viewers aren't hearing as much about films in theatrical release, I think the festival circuit is going to have increasing importance for the life of a film.”

“Folk music has a sort of a bubbling-under quality. The stream runs through the cultural consciousness, and whether or not it's on the radio is not the issue. Folk music is always there.”

Running Consciousness Quality Issues Music Is Folks Radio Streams Folk Music

Author:Mary Travers

“One un-vents something; one unearths it; one digs it up; one runs it down in whatever recesses of the eternal consciousness it has gone to ground.”

Running Consciousness Gone Eternal Recess

Book:Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac: The Commemorative Edition

Source: Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac: The Commemorative Edition

“I think that there is an ongoing conspiracy in the philosophical community, an organized form of self-deception, as in a cult, to simply all together pretend that we knew what "first-person perspective" (or "quale" or "consciousness") means, so that we can keep our traditional debates running on forever.”

“There are any number of things that survive great, and don't need any kind of consciousness, so why bother going through all the trouble of evolving monkeys that don't run very well or climb very fast or have particularly sharp teeth, but have big heads.”

Needs Wells Kind Bigs Running Numbers Consciousness Trouble Teeth Evolve Bother Climbs Monkeys Why Bother Big Heads

Author:Jerry Garcia

“If God were like a Star Wars Force linking all consciousness, I supposed I could maybe believe that. But let's just say I'm not going to be running off to India to join an ashram anytime soon.”

Ifs Believe War Running Force Stars Consciousness India

Author:Ayelet Waldman

“What differentiates human from lower-animal consciousness is time. You can't explain the concept of "tomorrow" to your dog. Our consciousness is dominated by time - We're constantly running simulations of the future. Our brain is a prediction machine. The hallmark of intelligence, indeed of genius, is the number and complexity of the feedback loops we use in predicting the future.”

Running Brain Consciousness Dog Genius Tomorrow Complexity Feedback Hallmark

Author:Michio Kaku

“The themes that run through all my work are that consciousness is the ultimate reality; and that by understanding consciousness, you understand everything about yourself, about perception, about creativity, about behavior, about relationships. By understanding consciousness, you have the ability to create anything in your world. And you have the ability to influence also the collective consciousness to not only bring about personal healing, but social transformation, and ultimately healing our planet, which happens to be extremely wounded.”

World Reality Running Understanding Ability Healing Consciousness Creativity Influence Behavior Perception Ultimate Transformation About Yourself

Author:Deepak Chopra

“Obama administration has been the most narcotics-jailing administration ever. I just think it's so ironic and underhanded. It's so contrary to the consciousness and the feeling of the rest of the country. With a Democrat running things, it's still just the same things going on.”

Thinking Country Feelings Running Consciousness Democrat Ironic

Author:Alan Sparhawk

“My passion should be clear and please know it runs deep within all levels of my consciousness. I feel it. I feel everything.”

Knows Feels Should Running Passion Levels Consciousness Clear Please My Passion Deep Within

Author:Alyssa Milano