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“Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.”

Lying Talent Bears Instinct Brutes

Book:Poems, Polite convesation, etc

Source: Poems, Polite convesation, etc

“Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species.”

Reason Shows Talent Discovery Regard Instinct Species Preservation Brutes Continuance

Book:Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others

Source: Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others

“One would wonder to hear skeptical men disputing for the reason of animals, and telling us it is only our pride and prejudices that will not allow them the use of that faculty. Reason shows itself in all occurrences of life; whereas the brute makes no discovery of such a talent, but in what immediately regards his own preservation, or the continuance of his species. Animals in their generation are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Take a brute out of his instinct, and you find him wholly deprived of understanding.”

Source: The spectator

“You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respectthe natural parenting talents that each of you has, you may inadvertently cast the two of you into the skewed but complementary roles of the Expert and the Dumb Apprentice.”

Ifs May Children Two Care Natural Roles Talent Husband Instinct Casts Dumb Experts Your Husband Apprentice Complementary Child Care

Book:Your Maternity Leave

Source: Your Maternity Leave

“When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid, you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story, you're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.”

Persons Stories Kids Age Emotion Growing Talent Add Instinct Hopefully Trajectory Raw Talent Raw Emotion Directing Movies Growing As A Person

Author:F. Gary Gray