Quote by Daniel Dennett
Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad ra

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

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When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first! – Donald Wills Douglas

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I studied literature design and fashion design. – Danielle Steel

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When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event. – Nicole Richie

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Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be. – Dennis Conner

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I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think thats healthy when youre learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape. – Andrew Dost

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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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What about football? Is it a sport or a concussion? – Jim Murray, Los Angeles Times

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