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In fact, through most of the twentieth century, it was believed that the brain was fixed, immutable, and static. Today we know that the brain has great plasticity and can change, adapt, and transform. It is molded by experience, repetition, and intention. It is only because of the extraordinary technological advances over the last few decades that we can see the brain’s ability to transform on a cellular, genetic, and even molecular level. Extraordinarily, as I learned, each of us has the ability to change the very circuitry of our brain.
Into the Magic Shop
James R. Doty, MD
But Willie belonged to the first generation of Vanderbilts to feel that their primary purpose in life was to consume, which wasn’t much of a purpose. In 1920, shortly before he died, he was quoted in the *New York Times* saying, “My life was never destined to be quite happy. . . . Inherited wealth is a real handicap to happiness. It is as certain a death to ambition as cocaine is to morality.”
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper
"What does it take to be a comic writer?" He said, "It takes audacity and exuberance and gaiety, and the most important one is audacity." Then he said: "The reader has to feel that the writer is feeling good."
On Writing Well, the Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 6e
William Zinsser
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