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If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society. – Lewis Thomas

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I wont compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way. – Lewis Thomas

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communication
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Lewis Thomas
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Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that youd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise. – Lewis Thomas

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Statistics
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Lewis Thomas
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We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earths creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still. – Lewis Thomas

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Future
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Lewis Thomas
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Other Quotes from
Society
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Society

The trouble is its very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently. – Emma Thompson

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Society

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. – Milton Friedman

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Society

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you cant just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that its much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers. – Sam Donaldson

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Society

Random Quotes

Hope will never be silent. – Harvey Milk

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Hope

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on! – Author Unknown

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Cancer Support

Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior. – Stanislav Grof

Category:
Death

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age. – Robert Martin

Category:
Learning