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The human genome contains about between twenty-one and twenty-three thousand genes that provide the master instructions to build, repair, and maintain humans.
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― Books and You
― Books and You
“I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we're here. I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell.”
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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy”
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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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