Complexes Quotes - Page 17

• Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes.

  Susan Blackmore

  Self, Consciousness, Free Will

  "Humans Are Just Machines for Propagating Memes". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 29, 2008.

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• A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted.

  Herbert Simon

  Rivers, Drawing, Decision

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• Nowadays theologians aren't quite so straightforward as Paley. They don't point to complex living mechanisms and say that they are self-evidently designed by a creator, just like a watch. But there is a tendency to point to them and say 'It is impossible to believe' that such complexity, or such perfection, could have evolved by natural selection. Whenever I read such a remark, I always feel like writing 'Speak for yourself' in the margin.

  Richard Dawkins

  Believe, Writing, Self

  Richard Dawkins (2015). “The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design”, p.46, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The issue of animal use and abuse can seem insurmountable, it is tragic and it is complex. We love our companion animals and we value wildlife but we are generally blind to the realities of what goes into the food we eat.

  Liz Marshall

  Animal, Reality, Issues

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened, not from the present.

  Benjamin Avila

  Giving, Challenges, Stories

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I enjoy bringing humanity to complex characters.

  Isaiah Washington

  Character, Humanity, Enjoy

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Watching 40 mile chunks of ice break off of Antarctica will change your life forever, but realizing that driving a car, or flying a plane, or having a nice steak, or drinking from a plastic bottle all contributed to the destruction of the environment - it's a bit complex, but music needs to pave the way for getting people to think about this kind of complexity. I'm just doing my share.

  DJ Spooky

  Nice, Drinking, Thinking

  "DJ Spooky’s Icy Philharmonic". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. October 17, 2011.

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• The story you envision as you start out is always a great story; when the facts turn out to be different from, or more complex than, what you expected, your first reaction is always disappointment. That's when you must fight the urge to bend the story to your preconceived notions. First, it's dishonest. And second, in the end, the truth is always the best story.

  Dave Barry

  Disappointment, Fighting, Different

  "Secrets of a Two-Time Pulitzer Winner". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. June 30, 2010.

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• Life is much more complex than the black-and-white sound bites that you get on television. There are nuances and shades of gray.

  Joe Berlinger

  Black And White, Sound, Television

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.

  Roger Ballen

  Journey, People, Planets

  "Roger Ballen and The Making of The Room". Interview with Caia Hagel, logger.believermag.com. October 16, 2013.

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• Home is a complex and resonant idea.

  Gregory Allen Howard

  Home, Ideas

  "A Book is a Machine for Stories". Interview with Martin Riker, logger.believermag.com. April 22, 2015.

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• I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market is complex. Sadly we have a situation where auction houses and secondary market dealers are creating a lot of confusion and unnecessary pollution.

  Olafur Eliasson

  Art, Ideas, Creating

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Getting a traditional pharmaceutical to the market can cost a billion dollars or more. Newer, more tailored and targeted drugs called biologics are even more complex and expensive. Simple economics dictates that companies and venture funds will invest more in products that can generate a sufficient return.

  David Mixner

  Simple, Drug, Dollars

  "Why We Can’t Forget about HIV/AIDS in Health-Care Reform" by David Mixner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2009.

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• 'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.

  Kareena Kapoor

  Character, Brave, Tests

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• The impediment to scientific thinking is not, I think, the difficulty of the subject. Complex intellectual feats have been mainstays even of oppressed cultures. Shamans, magicians and theologians are highly skilled in their intricate and arcane arts. No, the impediment is political and hierarchical.

  Carl Sagan

  Art, Thinking, Political

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.398, Ballantine Books

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• I don't [believe in God]. I have a problem with religion or anything else that says, 'We have all the answers,' because there's no such thing as 'the answers.' We're complex. We change our minds on issues all the time. Religion leaves no room for human complexity.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Believe, Issues, Mind

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• Three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I’m a feminist in the true sense of the word. It’s about equality.

  Natalie Dormer

  Men, Feminist, Three

  "Natalie Dormer on Feminism: 'It Just Means Liberation and Equality'" by Danica Lo, www.glamour.com. November 25, 2014.

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• The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.

  Teju Cole

  Emotional, White, Justice

  Teju Cole (2016). “Known and Strange Things”, p.240, Faber & Faber

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• Sometimes asking God for a reason for something is like asking Him why the sky is blue. There is a complex, scientific reason for it, Claire, but most children, including you, are content with knowing it is blue because it is. If we understood everything about everything, we would have no need for faith.

  Susan Meissner

  Children, Sky, Knowing

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• It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.

  Weili Dai

  Team, Men, Winning

  "Women! Embrace your inner geek" by Weili Dai, www.cnn.com. March 7, 2012.

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• We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open. The hope was that by not wrapping everything up, the film will get under your skin in a different way and stay with you longer. This seemed like the most honest reflection of this post 9-11 world we all find ourselves in.

  Stephen Gaghan

  Life Lesson, Character, Reflection

  "Syriana - Preview" by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I love mysteries on television – the more psychologically complex the better.

  Rebecca Eaton

  Television, Mystery

  "Rebecca Eaton Talks ‘Mystery’ and the Return of Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey". Interview with Aljean Harmetz, www.indiewire.com. May 5, 2013.

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• We do care about planets like the Earth because by now we understood that life as a chemical system really needs a smaller planet with water and with rocks and with a lot of complex chemistry to originate, to emerge, to survive.

  Dimitar Sasselov

  Rocks, Water, Needs

  "How we found hundreds of potential Earth-like planets". TEDGlobal Talk, www.ted.com. July 2010.

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• I became aware of the very complex internal organization in a cell from the basic science classes, and it made me think about how all that could work. It seemed like a great mystery, especially how organelles in the cell can be arranged in three dimensions, and how thousands of proteins could find their way to the right location in the cells.

  James Rothman

  Thinking, Cells, Class

  "A Nobel Prize Winner on Why We Need Foundational Research" by Lisa Rosenbaum, www.newyorker.com. October 10, 2013.

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• Do you know what the lurid intermixture of complicated emotions produces, according to Nathaniel Hawthorne? That's right, it produces the illuminating blaze of the infernal regions. Ryan MacDonald's glorious shards of prose are both lurid and blazing, and together they comprise an anthology of complex feelings-dream-like, vivid, and never, ever obvious.

  Chris Bachelder

  Dream, Feelings, Together

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