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“In certain circumstances where he experiments in new types of conduct by cooperating with his equals, the child is already an adult. There is an adult in every child and a child in every adult. ... There exist in the child certain attitudes and beliefs which intellectual development will more and more tend to eliminate: there are others which will acquire more and more importance. The later are not derived from the former but are partly antagonistic to them.”

Children Certain Belief Attitude Type Development Circumstances Intellectual Adults Importance Experiments Former Acquire Cooperating Intellectual Development

Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child

Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child

“Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response is to give up on the high social costs of inadequately protecting people from themselves under certain circumstances.”

People Giving Certain Social Type Amount Circumstances Cost Protect Giving Up Response Folly Regulation Sane

Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Elk have not been seen in Switzerland for many a year. In the interests of scientific accuracy, please strike the idea of elk from your mind. If you must, think of ibexes instead, a fierce and agile type of goat with great spiraling horns. Marmots will also do in a pinch, but under no circumstances should you think of elk. No. Elk. The elkless among you may now proceed.”

Ifs Thinking Should Years Mind May Ideas Interest Type Circumstances Please Strikes Fierce Horns Accuracy Goats Switzerland Elk

Author:Maryrose Wood

“The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and men afterwards make it the model upon which their theories are framed.”

Men Firsts Moral Opinion Virtue Theory Type Circumstances Models Pursuit Framed

Book:History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne

Source: History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne

“One hopes for that type of result but you just never know what factors will work in your favor. I think I just was concentrating on making the best film I could under the circumstances I was given. That's all I could really do.”

Thinking Knows Film Given Results Type Circumstances Favors Factors Concentrating Best Film

Author:Aurora Guerrero

“The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.”

Humans Made Strong Human Beings Type Circumstances Sick Criminals

Book:The portable Nietzsche: selected and translated, with an introd., pref. and notes

Source: The portable Nietzsche: selected and translated, with an introd., pref. and notes

“There are really only two types of people. Either you're running scared or you're running free. I choose to run free, and you can, too, no matter what your circumstances in life.”

People Two Matter Running Type Circumstances No Matter What Scared Running Scared Running Free

Author:Tavis Smiley

“A long time ago, Trinity and I made a list of types of guys you should never date. We add to it every now and then. It includes things like never date a guy whose computer costs more than his car (you'll never get him to pay attention to you except over instant messages), never date a guy who has a pet lizard (he's probably into weird stuff in bed) and never under any circumstances go on a second date with a guy who says the word "married" on the first date (he'll turn out to be a mama's boy or a religious type)”

Source: I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It