Quote by Daniel Dennett
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a su

The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesnt need its brain anymore so it eats it! – Daniel Dennett

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In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past. – Daniel Dennett

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Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently – the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs good tricks. – Daniel Dennett

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design
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it. – Daniel Dennett

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We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me. – Mira Nair

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Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. – Phyllis Diller

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I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else. – Anthony Hopkins

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There is just no comparison between having a dinner date with a man and staying home playing canasta with the girls. – Marilyn Monroe

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