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Lewis Thomas Quotes

We live in a dancing matrix of viruses; they dart, rather like bees, from organism to organism, from plant to insect to mammal to me and back again, and into the sea, tugging along pieces of this genome, strings of genes from that, transplanting grafts of DNA, passing around heredity as though at a great party.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Live Sea Great Me Plant Back

I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Love Challenge Villain Think Kind

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

Throne Remorse Many Worries Least

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

Independent Human Human Being Being

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

Sparky Anderson

Baseball Look Move Caught Only Made

I didn't take a lot of the videos seriously; making videos was one of the most tedious things that you can imagine.

You Seriously Things Imagine Take

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.

Life Father Mother Home Alone Day

I have a personal life and a professional life, and there's no way to separate them; for a while I tried, but no one could find me.

Life Me Find Professional Personal

I've definitely had the experience where I was pursuing someone for a long time that I just obviously did not connect with, so I was always, kind of altering myself for her, But then you realize it's just not worth it. What's the point?

Time Myself Experience Someone You

In 'Me Before You,' the two characters popped into my head fully formed, which is really strange and unusual. Other books, I sit on them for two or three months. I have a whole routine: I buy a nice book; I hand-write all their characteristics. I put them through little tests just to see how they would react to things.

Me Book You Routine Nice Three

Out of all of the things I've written, 'Dot' was the quickest from first thoughts to full production.

Thoughts First Out Production Things

When you want a raise, you're not only going in saying: 'I want more money.' You're going in and saying: 'Here's what I want out of my career. Here's what I accomplished. Here's what I said I was going to do. Here's what I've done. Not only do I deserve more money, but I want to get to here on my career.'

Money Saying You Career Said Done

You always kind of feel like you're rolling the dice as an actor.

Feel You Kind Actor Always Dice

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