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Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#each #humanity #itself #live #most

The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#central #claimed #clearer #comprehension #does

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#anything #central #dilemma #doctors #drive

All I ever wanted to do was act. ↗

— Goran Visnjic

#ever #i #wanted

My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#her #kids #know #like #long

A fault is fostered by concealment. ↗

— Virgil

#fault #fostered

When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you. ↗

— Sean Patrick Thomas

#all night #audience #doing #feeds #front

When do you know it's time to say, 'OK, that's it?' That is the most difficult part of any decision like that because you don't want to throw the 'R' word out there. I've mentioned it a couple times, but not in the sense that I'm doing it. That word is very fragile. We'll see. ↗

— Jim Thome

#because #couple #couple times #decision #difficult

But some great records are are being made with today's technology and there are still great artists among us. Likewise there are artists today who are so reliant on modern technology, they wouldn't have emerged when recording was more organic. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#artists #being #emerged #great #likewise

I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#affected #america #areas #attempt #badly