Quote by Lewis Thomas
It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our lo

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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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 central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Science
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The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. – Lewis Thomas

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Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood – all those things feel really true to me. – Jason Reitman

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The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether its Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning. – Howard Gardner

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Family

Im not an anarchist, but I believe that people dont want the royal family – the so-called royal family. – Steven Patrick Morrissey

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Family

I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, Im the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so Im not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So Im just relaxing and enjoying it. – Betty White

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Here the women have a metronome under their corsets, which beats time, but not music. – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897 [speaking

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Lifes most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others? – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms. – Sir Thomas Browne

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This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. Its not politically viable its not morally right its just not going to happen. – Michael Bloomberg

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