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Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.

~Edward Sapir

Topics: Activity Alone Become Beings Expression Human Human Beings Language Live Medium Mercy Much Nor Objective Ordinarily Particular Social Society Understood Very Which World

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Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.

~Edward Thorndike

Topics: Ability Accustomed Beings Controlling Events Having Human Human Beings Ideas Intellect Isolated Learn Learning Nature Power Rare Really Synonymous Think

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Dogs are a companion species. It's about time - you have an animal for about 15, 16 years, a generation. That time holds so much. You might have had five or six relationships with human beings but one dog.

~Eileen Myles

Topics: About Animal Beings Companion Dog Dogs Five Generation Had Holds Human Human Beings Might Much Relationships Six Species Time Years You

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I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

~Elaine Stritch

Topics: Am Beings Human Human Beings Influenced Inspired Other I Am

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The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

~Eldridge Cleaver

Topics: Beings Hating Human Human Beings Less Loving Oneself Other Price

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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Also Beings Deeds Desires Follow Ideas Impulses Memories Most Objects People Precede Shadows Surround Think Truth Truth Is Words

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Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Beings Come Despair Given Hope Human Human Beings Just Only Other Too

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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Accountable Alone Beings Enough God He Held Human Human Beings Leave Problems Should

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Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is - we can expect technology to break the upper bound on intelligence that has held for the last few tens of thousands of years.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Around Been Beings Bound Break Expect Few Held Historical Homo Human Human Beings Intelligence Last Minds Rise Scale Since Smartest Technology Tens Tens Of Thousands Thousands Thousands Of Years Upper Very Years

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When you think of intelligence, don't think of a college professor; think of human beings as opposed to chimpanzees. If you don't have human intelligence, you're not even in the game.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: Beings College Even Game Human Human Beings Human Intelligence Intelligence Opposed Professor Think You

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