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The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.
Temple Grandin
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Temple Grandin
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 29
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.
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People need to learn how to work, learn how to support themselves. I think it's just fine to be eccentric.
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I feel very strongly that we need to give beef cattle a really good life. When they go to slaughter, it needs to be painless.
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You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what to expect. You have to find skilled mentors to teach them things. For me, it was an aunt, and it was my science teacher. You need to find the things they're interested in and good at and expand on this.
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I played around with vegetarianism back in the '70s. One thing, my physiology just got to have animal protein. I get hypoglycemic, I get all light-headed unless I eat animal protein.
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I tend to be much more in the present and my emotions are simpler. I can be happy, I can be sad, I can be depressed, but there's a complexity that I don't have. I don't brood the same way. Fear is my main emotion.
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The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.
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People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.
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One of the big areas I'd like to see a lot more research done on is the sensory problems, and it's real variable. One kid's got sound sensitivity another one can't tolerate fluorescent lights. I can't stand scratchy clothes.
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I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends.
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I don't define myself as autistic first. I don't want to be a professional autistic. I think it's important to have a real job.
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But my favorite of Einstein's words on religion is Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind. I like this because both science and religion are needed to answer life's great questions.
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Nature is cruel but we don't have to be
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