Quote by Lewis Thomas
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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The great secret of medicine, known to doctors but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves. – Lewis Thomas

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At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future. – Lewis Thomas

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Future
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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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My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and its pretty cool because we all pull together, and its fun. Its like being on a sports team or something. – Bob Seger

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cool

What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious. The name thing: I will always be L.L. Cool J. – LL Cool J

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I really felt like I finally made it. Having your first fake pregnancy rumor. It was really awesome. I feel like its part of what happens in this business, but thats a real one. Thats a cool one to get. – Lea Michele

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cool

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened. – William Henry Hudson

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cool

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The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back. – Steve Garvey

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Like Indiana Jones, I dont like snakes – though that might lead some to ask why Im in politics. – Theresa May

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I will be sad. Ive gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess Ill just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one. – Mary Grandpre

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Many moons ago dictionaries of quotations may have been less needed than they are today. In those good/bad old days, people walked around with entire poems and all the Shakespearean soliloquies in their heads…. – Joseph Epstein, Foreword to Fred R. Shapiro’s Yale Book of Quotations, 200

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