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Steven Pinker

"Sometimes it is not easy to find any words that properly convey a thought. When we hear or read, we usually remember the gist, not the exact words, so there has to be such a thing as a gist that is not the same as a bunch of words."

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"Sometimes it is not easy to find any words that properly convey a thought. When we hear or read, we usually remember the gist, not the exact words, so there has to be such a thing as a gist that is not the same as a bunch of words."

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Donna Grant

"When we miss understanding, we meet misunderstanding. Misunderstanding always pushes understanding far away!"

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Donna Grant

"The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words."

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Donna Grant

"Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.-Caroline to Ursual."

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Donna Grant

"One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin."

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Donna Grant

"Words don't get accident, hands and tongues drive them wrongly!"

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Donna Grant

"If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?"

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Donna Grant

"When it occurs without having to voice it - vibin' on the same page, flowin' on the same wave, soakin' up the same light rays."

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Donna Grant

"Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish."

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Donna Grant

"Confrontation affords you the opportunity to hear the other side of the story."

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Donna Grant

"Don't bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn't listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn't listen to your bell, sit back and listen to his nemesis."

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Steven Pinker
"Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language."

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Steven Pinker
"But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses."

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Steven Pinker
"Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?"

Mind

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Steven Pinker
"As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones."

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Steven Pinker
"There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization."

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Steven Pinker
"What is truly arresting about our kind is better captured in the story of the Tower of Babel, in which humanity, speaking a single language, came so close to reaching heaven that God himself felt threatened."

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Steven Pinker
"My opinions about human nature are shared by many psychologists, linguists, and biologists, not to mention philosophers and scholars going back centuries."

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Steven Pinker
"So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents."

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Steven Pinker
"By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu."

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Steven Pinker
"The doctrine of a soul that outlives the body is anything but righteous, because it necessarily devalues the lives we live on this earth."

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