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The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music. – Lewis Thomas

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It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance. – Lewis Thomas

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Family
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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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Language
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The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. – Huston Smith

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I do enjoy reading some science fiction. – Colin Farrell

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Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us. – Karen Armstrong

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In comparing religious belief to science, I try to remember that science is belief also. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. – Walter Lippman

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The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. – Bill Frist

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Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. – Mother Teresa

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The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness. – Paul Harris

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