Lewis Thomas Quotes

A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart.

Lewis Thomas

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993

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One of my biggest and most influential was 'The Golden Girls.' That show, I remember specific episodes.

Jessica St. Clair

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The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.

John Marshall

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Many, many individuals will report starting to form their lifelong interests around adolescence. Why that is, researchers don't fully know. But if you can take a trip down memory lane and see what interested you, that's at least a clue as to where your interest may begin to develop.

Angela Duckworth

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There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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I'm that person: I will literally do everything to not get out of bed, so I have alarms set for every 15 minutes.

Mirai Nagasu

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I try to be kind, and I try to reflect that in my comedy, but I'm also incredibly bad at being mean. I can't pull it off effectively, so I always end up reverting back to politeness.

Josh Gondelman

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My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted to be in the places where history was being made.

Jorge Ramos

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I wouldn't be able to have the successes in my career if it weren't for the happiness in my personal life.

Colin Donnell

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O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are coming upon you! If you were to judge as I do, you would not easily put your neck under a foreign yoke.

William Wallace

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I actually became a lawyer because I thought you had to be a lawyer in order to get into national politics.

Susana Martinez

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Our role as judges is to interpret the law.

Thomas Hardiman

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We don't put our emotions out there in Japan. I'm Japanese, but I love to be honest.

Rinko Kikuchi

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