"We tend to see individual differences instead of human universals. Thus, when someone says the word 'intelligence,' we think of Einstein instead of humans."

-- Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes #Individual Quotes

“With respect to teaching, I couldn't make sense of mainstream economics when I had to teach it to college students. At the same time, I could see at the school that there was a whole lot of hypocrisy. Not much real respect for the "higher learning."”
“I don't analyze too much, because then I'll question, 'Why do I write down all of these random little phrases?'”
“Everlastingly chained to a single little fragment of the Whole, man himself develops into nothing but a fragment; everlastingly in his ear the monotonous sound of the wheel that he turns, he never develops the harmony of his being, and instead of putting the stamp of humanity upon his own nature, he becomes nothing more than the imprint of his occupation or of his specialized knowledge.”
“French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.”
“People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.”
“Ron Powlus will win the Heisman two times and be the greatest quarterback in the history of Notre Dame.”
“I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.”
“As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.”

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