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We have barely begun to tap into the genius of our humanity.

Jean Houston

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Jean Houston
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 10
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Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Barely
Begun
Genius
Humanity

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Time has driven out sex and money as the central issues. Now if it could only drive out the issue of power we would be somewhere!
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Laughter is the loaded latency given us by nature as part of our native equipment to break up the stalemates of our lives and urge us on to deeper and more complex forms of knowing.
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I've been around for a very long time, I've been around since God had baby cheeks.
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The ideas are secondary to the primary premise of people's potential. I'm always in wonder and astonishment.
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Vulnerable is a catch-all word like love and schizophrenia.
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Engaging it produces an intense force, which in turn produces a mutation in consciousness. You become who you really are.
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A myth is something that never was but that is always happening.
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Occasionally we will be overwhelmed, but mostly we will be enchanted.
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Your brain has one function-to do exactly what you tell it to do.
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