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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners. Out of sight, out of mind; Out of the ...

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address - Wikipedia

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    Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense. We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.

  4. ‘Who in the hell needs a Rolex watch?’: The late Charlie ...

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    When Munger passed away on Nov. 28, 2023, the nonagenarian had a net worth of around $2.6 billion, according to Forbes — a different level of legacy to a Rolex watch and a nice house. Invest in ...

  5. Gene theft - Wikipedia

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    Animation of DNA, a part of our identity. In bioethics and law, gene theft or DNA theft is the act of acquiring the genetic material of another individual, usually from public places, without his or her permission. The DNA may be harvested from a wide variety of common objects such as discarded cigarettes, used condoms, coffee cups, and ...

  6. De mortuis nil nisi bonum - Wikipedia

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    The full Latin sentence is usually abbreviated into the phrase (De) Mortuis nihil nisi bonum, "Of the dead, [say] nothing but good."; whereas free translations from the Latin function as the English aphorisms: "Speak no ill of the dead," "Of the dead, speak no evil," and "Do not speak ill of the dead."

  7. Our DNA is 99.9 percent the same as the person sitting next ...

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    BI GRAPHICS_percentage of DNA humans share with other things_fruit fly And while the egg-laying and feathered body are pretty different from a human's, about 60 percent of chicken genes have a ...

  8. The Selfish Gene - Wikipedia

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    ""Selfish", when applied to genes, doesn't mean "selfish" at all. It means, instead, an extremely important quality for which there is no good word in the English language: "the quality of being copied by a Darwinian selection process." This is a complicated mouthful. There ought to be a better, shorter word—but "selfish" isn't it."

  9. The Genetic Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality is a book by psychologist and behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Published on September 21, 2021, by Princeton University Press , the book argues that human genetic variation needs to be acknowledged in order to create ...