Quote by Lewis Thomas
The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry a

The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers. – 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 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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Science
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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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I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. – Robert Morgan

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Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives. – Richard Eyre

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[T]rue poets… can pierce through the clouds to the light, and save the purity of their inspiration from the general disorder. It is refreshing to read them, delightful to steep ourselves in their truthful poetry. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew. – Seamus Heaney

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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. – African proverb

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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. – Harry Browne

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I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dads an angel. – Courtney Love

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I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I dont believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be. – Morgan Freeman

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