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A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it had never experienced


Graham Greene

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BRIAN GREENE Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that infor...
BRIAN GREENE String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loa...
BRIAN GREENE I think math is a hugely creative field, because there are some very well-defined operations that yo...
BRIAN GREENE Being out at work in L.A. is the nicest place to be. You don't get depressed because of the sun ...
SARAH GREENE I'm a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I'm not doing something, it drives me insane.
ASHLEY GREENE I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
NANCY GREENE If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.'
NANCY GREENE Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
NANCY GREENE I'm not from a maple producing area and so my maple syrup credentials are very much of the eatin...
NANCY GREENE I've seen children's eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.
BRIAN GREENE We don't need to grow any more. It's not about the numbers at all. It's about the message of the Bib...
ALAN GREENE There's lots of parking, plenty of parking, but people need to pay attention to the signs of how to ...
ALAN GREENE There were no big surprises; it's all been good.
ALAN GREENE We consider them a sponsoring church if they're doing that.
ALAN GREENE I regularly have bad experiences with oils that are not certified but I have never bought a bad bott...
ALAN GREENE We understand that not all churches can pull off canceling or relocating a service, ... We still con...
ALAN GREENE We'll go-ahead with it and see what happens.
ALAN GREENE Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do.
ALAN GREENE