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There tends to be a lot of autism around the tech centers... when you concentrate the geeks, you're concentrating the autism genetics.

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Temple Grandin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 29
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We've had several cats. I had a cat when I was a kid. My Aunt had lots of cats and I got lots of calls about cats.
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The autistic brain tends to be a specialist brain, good at one thing, bad at something else.
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You could train cats do things, a lot of people don't think cats aren't trainable. Cats can be trusted just a friend.
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The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.
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I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life, and we've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.
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My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes.
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