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“Insect resistance to a pesticide was first reported in 1947 for the Housefly (Musca domestica) with respect to DDT. Since then resistance to one or more pesticides has been reported in at least 225 species of insects and other arthropods. The genetic variants required for resistance to the most diverse kinds of pesticides were apparently present in every one of the populations exposed to these man-made compounds.”
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“I prefer to be an equal-opportunity offender of the guitar.”
Source : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997. 
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“I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.”
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“Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.”
Source : Julie Otsuka (2007). “When the Emperor Was Divine”, p.54, Anchor
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“I am learning that if I just go on accepting the framework for life that others have given me, if I fail to make my own choices, the reason for my life will be missing. I will be unable to recognize that which I have the power to change.”
Source : Liv Ullmann, Robert Emmet Long (2006). “Liv Ullmann: Interviews”, p.136, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“A man is hid under his tongue.”
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“Making money isn't the main point of business. Money is a by-product.... A new product has been found, something of use to the world. A new industry moves into an undeveloped area. Factories go up, machines go in and you're in business. It's coincidental that people who've never seen a dime now have a dollar and barefooted kids wear shoes and have their faces washed. What's wrong with an urge that gives people libraries, hospitals, baseball diamonds and movies on a Saturday night?”
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“Grief is a species of idleness.”
