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Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in a

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. – Edward Thorndike

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There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together there are no ideas – the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform. – Edward Thorndike

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Food
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Edward Thorndike
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Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods. – Edward Thorndike

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Education
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Cynicism is the intellectual cripples substitute for intelligence. – Russell Lynes

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Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement. – David K. Shipler

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The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality – not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate – is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts. – Oliver Joseph Lodge

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Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior. – Tim Robbins

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