Rapoza Dentistry Quotes & Sayings

that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways. — Wally Lamb

I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends. — Maddie Ziegler

The jester is brother to the sage. — Arthur Koestler

A crucial capability of System 2 is the adoption of "task sets": it can program memory to obey an instruction that overrides habitual responses. Consider the following: Count all occurrences of the letter f in this page. This is not a task you have ever performed before and it will not come naturally to you, but your System 2 can take it on. It will be effortful to set yourself up for this exercise, and effortful to carry it out, though you will surely improve with practice. Psychologists speak of "executive control" to describe the adoption and termination of task sets, and neuroscientists have identified the main regions of the brain that serve the executive function. One of these regions is involved whenever a conflict must be resolved. Another is the prefrontal area of the brain, a region that is substantially more developed in humans than in other primates, and is involved in operations that we associate with intelligence. — Daniel Kahneman

A leg?" repeated Detective Inspector Eric Wardle on the end of the line. "A fucking leg?"
"And it's not even my size," said Strike, a joke he would not have made had Robin been present. — Robert Galbraith

It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike. That is, since there is no need for a special training place, equipment, or an opponent, a flexibility in training is provided such that the physically and spiritually weak individual can develop his body and mind so gradually and naturally that he himself may not even realize his own great progress. — Gichin Funakoshi

Love of truth is something fearsome and mighty. — Friedrich Nietzsche

My interest in acting was overwhelming, but I wasn't thinking, "I'm going to California and I'm going to become a movie star." Things were different then. I lived just for the moment, and whatever happened, happened. — Louise Fletcher

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness. — Giacomo Leopardi

He wants to get back together," she finished.
"And you said ... ?" he tried to keep his tone disinterested.
"I haven't said anything," she said. "You interrupted me before I could answer him."
He congratulated himself on his excellent timing. — Jena Leigh

Working on television is like being shot out of a cannon. They cram you all up with rehearsals, then someone lights a fuse and - .BANG! - there you are in someone's living room. — Tallulah Bankhead