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Well, biology today as I see it has an amiable look - quite different from the 19th-century view that the whole arrangement of nature is hostile, 'red in tooth and claw.' That came about because people misread Darwin's 'survival of the fittest.'


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DAMIAN LEWIS The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and...
DAMIAN LEWIS I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
DAMIAN LEWIS You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a tradin...
DAMIAN LEWIS I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes y...
DAMIAN LEWIS In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still you...
DAMIAN LEWIS I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing.
DAMIAN LEWIS For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
DAMIAN LEWIS People need revelation, and then they need resolution.
DAMIAN LEWIS In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain ...
DAMIAN LEWIS No, I have not a drop of what they call white blood in my veins. My father was a full blooded Negro,...
EDMONIA LEWIS Until I was twelve years old, I led this wandering life, fishing, swimming, and making moccasins.
EDMONIA LEWIS I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a ...
EDMONIA LEWIS I have a strong sympathy for all women who have struggled and suffered.
EDMONIA LEWIS Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather y...
EDMONIA LEWIS My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian ...
EDMONIA LEWIS There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the bough...
EDMONIA LEWIS Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a wa...
EDMONIA LEWIS Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come lat...
FLORA LEWIS I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of exp...
FLORA LEWIS We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
FLORA LEWIS