"In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not D.N.A."

-- Gregory Bateson

#Skills Quotes #People Quotes #Parent Quotes

“For me the grotesque is necessary to understand beauty,”
“In this world of uncertainty and woe, one thing remains unchanged: Fresh, canned, pureed, dried, salted, sliced, and served with sugar and cream, or pressed into juice, the tomato is reliable, friendly, and delicious. We would be nothing without it.”
“The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.”

Source : Eli Siegel (1981). “Self and world: an explanation of aesthetic realism”, Definition Pr
“What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.”
“Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.”
“Stories are equipment for living.”
“I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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