Quote by 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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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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Education
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Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath. – Lewis Thomas

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Grammar
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Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works. – Lewis Thomas

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Science
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The family — that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. – Dodie Smith

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A familys photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. – Susan Sontag

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Family

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family. – Darius Rucker

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Family

I dont know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children. – Penelope Cruz

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And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. – Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work. – Emanuel Cleaver

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You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake… This is your life, and its ending one minute at a time. – Chuck Palahniuk

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All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development. – Friedrich Engels

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