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It?s not much different. It?s still the same personality. We?re still blue-collar guys. It?s just one less soldier out there.


Sam Rayburn

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SAM KEAN The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including w...
SAM KEAN The body tends to treat elements in the same column of the periodic table as equivalents.
SAM KEAN America was probably Europe's equal scientifically by the end of World War I and certainly surpa...
SAM KEAN The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and...
SAM KEAN Boron is carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, which means it can do a passable carbon impres...
SAM KEAN Most people, even most doctors, learn that the placenta is a nice, tight seal that prevents anything...
SAM KEAN I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolat...
SAM KEAN Brain surgery couldn't happen without the patient's own active voice to guide the work. The ...
SAM KEAN Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
SAM KEAN I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they w...
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