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Quote by Francis Bacon
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak accord

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain. – Francis Bacon

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Change
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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. – Francis Bacon

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Facts
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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. – Gregory Bateson

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Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements. – John Sexton

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From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom. – Seth Low

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The trick in life is learning how to deal with it. – Helen Mirren

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Ive been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works. People dont get sick as much. They dont lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS. – Jello Biafra

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Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations. – Swami Sivananda

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Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home. – Thornton Wilder

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A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it. – Helen Rowland

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