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"There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country."
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"We can tell a lot about a creature's level of consciousness by understanding their perception of death."
"Consciousness is a state of existence where subjects are aware of their surroundings and can respond to its demands according to internal and external perceptions."
"The universe perceives itself through us, or to be more specific, through our neurons."
"Consciousness is a magic of our brain and an illusion of our mind."
"Various fascinating psychological elements are involved in the transcendental state of human consciousness. One may lose the ability to distinguish one's self from the rest of the world in transcendence, but still it is the human brain that constructs that state of mind. Hence, even in that altered state of consciousness one is not totally devoid of one's beliefs, conjectures, ideas and fantasies. In fact, these ideas fill up the transcendental experience with all kinds of fanatic stories that happen to be unique, based on the person's inner urges and drives."
"Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness."
"When I tried to understand consciousness, I found out how simple it was, but we try to make it so complicated."
"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"
"In your usual state of consciousness, there is a separate quale experience of everything you observe. But when you transcend into the domain of absolute divinity, all your qualia get mixed up."
"One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartes' argument "I think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness of pure consciousness, not directed at any fact or action. In fact the I is not necessary here, since it is never united directly to consciousness. One can even imagine a pure and self-aware consciousness which thinks of itself as impersonal spontaneity."
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"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."
"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."
"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."
"When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous."
"I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing."
"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."
"My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom."
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