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Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#advisable #attributes #expect #interactions #least

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#changed #ending #gives #like #meaning

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#beings #eat #human #human beings #nutrients

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#blinkers #clearly #defined #goals #too

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#ask #go #good #good place #life

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#giving #more #sharing #sometimes #than

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#combine #commitment #democracy #essential #skepticism

The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place? ↗

— Kathleen Battle

#art #became #best #enough #first

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists. ↗

— Kathleen Battle

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