#near

One of the seats of emotion and memory in the brain is the amygdala, he explained. When something threatens your life, this area seems to kick into overdrive, recording every last detail of the experience. The more detailed the memory, the longer the moment seems to last. "This explains why we think that time speeds up when we grow older," Eagleman said--why childhood summers seem to go on forever, while old age slips by while we’re dozing. The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass. ↗

— Burkhard Bilger

#amygdala #brain #david-eagleman #detail #life-threatening

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#being #being pretty #i #mean #movies

Well, the security business has been growing. I think security is one of those areas where it's to some degree not linear but maybe exponential growth. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

#been #business #degree #exponential #growing

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#definitely #gay #had #i #knew

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conversely #direct #evidence #known #nearly

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#day #die #eat #fear #gig

I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years. ↗

— Karl Rove

#average #grateful #house #i #knew

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives. ↗

— Karl Rove

#boost #consequences #debt #economic #federal

Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#cube #demonstrated #down #i #impossible

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#near #problems #puzzles #very