William C. Dement quotes
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“Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives”
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“Sleep deprivation is the most common brain impairment.”
-- William C. DementSource : William C. Dement, Christopher C. Vaughan (2000). “The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep”, Dell Books
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“Sleep is an essential part of life-but more important, sleep is a gift.”
-- William C. DementSource : William C. Dement, Christopher C. Vaughan (2000). “The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep”, Dell Books
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“We're beginning to realize that drowsiness or sleep deprivation, fatigue, is beginning to outstrip alcohol as a cause of accidents in transportation, particularly on the highway”
-- William C. DementSource : "Study: Truckers not getting enough shut eye". www.cnn.com. September 10, 1997.
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“Dreaming is the opportunity to hold a citizenship in two worlds, equally real but with different logic and limitations.”
-- William C. DementSource : William C. Dement (1996). “The sleepwatchers”
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“Given that the dreaming brain must perform these remarkable contortions - creating a world, living in it, responding to it, and then carefully blocking all the responses in a manner that does not cross the threshold of awareness - it is no wonder that this dreaming brain seems to be more active than the waking brain.”
-- William C. DementSource : William C. Dement (1996). “The sleepwatchers”
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“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
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“Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.”
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Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
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“I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.”
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