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Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.

Henri Bergson

The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.
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Movement River Source Stream Wind
The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.
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Conscious Exploration Mindset Task Work
It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.
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Drive Emotion Forward Obstacle
In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely urging the manufacture.
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Artificial Intelligence Manufacture Original Willing
In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely varying the manufacture.
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Artificial Feature Intelligence Manufacture Special Tools
The motive power of democracy is love.
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Democracy Love Motive Power
We regard intelligence as man’s main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.
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Character Compensation Intelligence Man
I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment.
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Escape Moments Object Simple Time
Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized… we shall have war.
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Condition Population Ration Reproduction War
In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
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Past Preserve Reality
Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life.
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Character Intelligence Life Natural
Sex-appeal is the keynote of our whole civilization.
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Appearance Civilization Sex
Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.
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Group Laughter Ourselves
ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action.
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Act Action Man Thinking
It is the very essence of intelligence to coordinate means with a view to a remote end, and to undertake what it does not feel absolutely sure of carrying out.
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Carry Essence Feeling Intelligence View
If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary.
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Art Communication Direct Necessary Reality

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