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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

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We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#enough #future #how #into #know

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

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#forgotten #good #good teacher #lessons #quickly

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

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#beings #eat #human #human beings #nutrients

Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live. ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#discontinuity #fluidity #live #reality #which

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

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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

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