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Daniel Dennett Quotes: It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.
         

It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.


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This page presents the quote "It is not so much that we, using our brains, spin our yarns, as that our brains, using yarns, spin us.". Author of this quote is Daniel Dennett. This quote is about yarn, humility, brain,.