"You're one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else's."

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Source : David Shields (2008). “The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead”, p.3, Vintage

David Shields

#People Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Genes Quotes

“In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.”
“I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.”
“The great thing about hockey players is that they are able to separate the on-ice from the off-ice and not let the latter distract them.”

Source : Source: blackhawkup.com
“Don't be a baby about this. No tantrums.”
“We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend theyâ€™re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.”
“Even in challenging economic times, making sure that study abroad is part of our college students' education is a vital investment. If we want a new generation of leaders and innovators who can be effective in an ever more globalized world, sending our students overseas is not a luxury. It's a necessity.”

Source : "The World Is A Classroom" by Rick Steves, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2012.
“It is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the ear of him who thought to die unmourned it will fall like choicest music.”

Source : Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1836). “Ion: A Tragedy in 5 Acts”, p.18
“Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through.”

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