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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to rep

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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It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future. – Gregory Bateson

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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. – Gregory Bateson

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I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself. – Johnny Winter

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When Honors sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things. – Edward Cocker

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Children dont just play any more – theyre far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, youre actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. Its far better to remain a calm parent. – Shirley Henderson

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Im learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that Im not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times. – Brie Larson

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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood. – Jean Cocteau

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Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. – Arthur Miller

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No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the hearts and minds of his men. – Author Unknown

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We use the word hope perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: I hope its a nice day. Hopefully, youre doing well. So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so. – Studs Terkel

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