Nerve cells communicate with one another at specialized points called synapses. And these synapses are plastic - they can be modified by learning.
The rest of the world wants our cash; we like plastic.
As sustainability becomes more and more of a concern, we're going to see more plastics.
Cut down on your use of plastic shopping bags because many end up in the ocean.
It would not be a bad idea if bankers were to go and sit occasionally with politicians in their political surgeries, where they might get a sense of the injustice that some of the community feel about the banks.
If you don't like your wrinkles and you think Botox or surgery is going to fix it, do it and shut up. But don't keep talking about it.
I don't think there is anything wrong with cosmetic surgery at all. I think it's great. But I don't think it's alright to distort yourself.
Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery.
I unfortunately had a lot of medical procedures throughout my life, so I decided to paint all of my surgeries as a way to heal and as a way to grow.
I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.
Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will lead you to heart surgery and things of that nature.
We don't want to put a band-aid on our problems that we keep talking about in society; we want to get down to the nitty gritty and do some surgery.
Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on cosmetic surgery because you never have to have liposuction.
When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter.
Together we kept that machine greased like a stripper in a plastic pool full of baby oil.
Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
I've made my best personal investments when I've been a user of the product. Like Apple. The epiphany for me came when I purchased my fifth iPod and I hadn't unwrapped my fourth. It was still in the plastic case.
Without 'The Brady Bunch,' my guess is I would have become an engineer working on new plastics or something.
The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper.
I'm no interior decorator, but just I have a feeling that plastic plants in the bathroom... probably not a good idea.
