Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

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Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.

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Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

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Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.

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The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

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The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

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There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

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The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

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The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

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