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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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Gregory Bateson
Age: 76 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 9
Died: 1980
Died: July 4
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We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.
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The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do.
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No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels.
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The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.
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