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Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persi

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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A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the suns position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway. – Lewis Thomas

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The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. – Lewis Thomas

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Language
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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 Dead was cool, Its a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him, then they called my agent and had me come in and read for it and they wanted to use me. – Matthew McGrory

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Im cute – and God I hate that. Because thats not cool. Im like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. Its the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because Im an everyday, normal girl. – Kelly Clarkson

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Its cool to go to a place that has posters up and its one night only. It feels more special. – Todd Barry

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Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor. – Brittany Daniel

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I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but frivolous. – Angela Carter

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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. – Andrew Carnegie

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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor. – Damon Wayans

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Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration. – E. M. Forster

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