"We would never have scales, feathers, or breasts if we didn't have teeth in the first place."

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Source : Neil Shubin (2008). “Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body”, p.79, Vintage

Neil Shubin

#Firsts Quotes #Teeth Quotes #Scales Quotes

“If we have one real strength, it's commitment and determination”
“I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.”
“I like multinational companies. They may have 40 to 60 percent of their engines of growth in the United States, but I do like the diversification of being more global.”

Source : "CEO Speaker Series: It's a New World: So What Should We Do? with Laurence D. Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock". www.cfr.org. February 29, 2012.
“It's a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment.”
“Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.”
“Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women”
“Usually the things that happen in my life are an easy trigger for songwriting.”
“Faster than the devil *times* Sharper than wind! That's the ultimate law of the hero!!”

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