But once in a while you might see me at In and Out Burger; they make the best fast food hamburgers around.
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.
Many cognitive psychologists see the brain as a computer. But every single brain is absolutely individual, both in its development and in the way it encounters the world.
Memory results from a process of continual re-categorization which, by its nature, must be procedural and involve continual motor activity and repeated rehearsal.
Each form of Alzheimer's disease should perturb different brain networks and so influence the concentration of different proteins that can be measured in the blood.
Luckily there were no venomous snakes around Hoosick, N.Y., so I amassed quite a collection of milk snakes, garters, ribbons and ring-necked snakes.
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
The Qur'an not only lacks any earthly punishment for someone who abandons Islam, it even includes verses that imply that such a change of heart should be a matter of free choice.
Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.
Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.
It is indeed possible to change your view of the universe from indifferent to friendly. I have helped thousands of persons make this transition in my workshops.
We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.
In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.
It's so important to that we go into the public schools and we feed all of the kids something that is really good for them.
I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.
Teeth actually turn out to be one of a couple of good sources of ancient DNA. The teeth, actually the enamel, is quite good at preserving the DNA, so it is a bit of time capsule so to speak.
I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.
Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.
There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.
