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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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We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earths creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. – Lewis Thomas

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Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of ones own genes in the generations to follow. – Lewis Thomas

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Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution. – Jay Leno

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I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. – Clifford Geertz

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What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them! – Henrik Ibsen

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People challenge my nerd cred all the time. I just show them the photo of me winning my middle-school science fair, wearing my Casio calculator watch and eyeglasses so big they look like they can see the future. – Aisha Tyler

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