Sam Kean The amygdala is one of those brain structures that a lot of people know a little bit about, and there’s a definite tendency to conflate the amygdala and the fear response itself – as if the amygdala, and the amygdala alone, ’causes’ fear. – Sam Kean Amygdala Quotes Bit Quotes Brain Quotes Conflate Quotes Definite Quotes Fear Quotes Lot Quotes People Quotes Response Quotes Structures Quotes Tendency Quotes The amygdala is indeed crucial for monitoring our environment and deciding what’s worth getting worked up over. Once the amygdala determines this, however, it merely trips another circuit to actually produce the panic. Despite what you might guess, when monitoring your breathing, your body doesn’t care whether you’re inhaling enough oxygen. It cares only whether you’re expelling enough carbon dioxide – that’s the gas that sets off the panic button when you’re suffocating.
H L Mencken Wealth – any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband. – H L Mencken
Peter Asher Shows were very different then – even as the headliner we did a very short set by today’s standards and sound systems were really primitive. But the girls made it all worthwhile! – Peter Asher
MomRoma Downey What is free time? I’m a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl. – Roma Downey
Kathleen Robertson There are a lot of stars I’ve worked with – big stars – who, when they walk on set, the energy just changes. – Kathleen Robertson
Francois Truffaut Some day I’ll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste. – Francois Truffaut
C S Forester I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers. – C S Forester
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