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Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
Max Baucus, Politician (1941) |
Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist (1863) |
Elliott Carter, Composer (1908) |
Mos Def, Musician (1973) |
Teri Garr, Actress (1944) |
Harold Hamm, Businessman (1945) |
Jim Harrison, Writer (1937) |
Jermaine Jackson, Musician (1954) |
Stu Jackson, Coach (1955) |
John F. Kerry, Politician (1943) |
Bob Bartlett, Politician (1968) |
James J. Gibson, Psychologist (1979) |
Christian Lous Lange, Politician (1938) |