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One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. – Lewis Mumford

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However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson nothing is impossible. – Lewis Mumford

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Science
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Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act. – Lewis Mumford

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Baby, Babies
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Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. – Lewis Mumford

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Privacy
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I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker. – Cofer Black

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Theres a lot of neuroscience now raising the question, Is all the intelligence in the human body in the brain?, and theyre finding out that, no, its not like that. The body has intelligence itself, and were much more of an organic creature in that way. – Joel Kinnaman

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