Michael Crichton Quotes - Page 9

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• But complex animals had obtained their adaptive flexibility at some cost--they had traded one dependency for another. It was no longer necessary to change their bodies to adapt, because now their adaptation was behavior, socially determined. That behavior required learning. In a sense, among higher animals adaptive fitness was no longer transmitted to the next generation by DNA at all. It was now carried by teaching.

  Michael Crichton

  Teaching, Animal, Dna

  Michael Crichton (1996). “The lost world”

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• You can answer your own question. You already know the answer, if you can just gain access to it.

  Michael Crichton

  Answers, Gains, Knows

  Michael Crichton (2012). “Travels”, p.387, Vintage

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• You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.

  Michael Crichton

  Mexican, Mexican Food, Decent

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• I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.

  Michael Crichton

  News, Want, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.

  Michael Crichton

  Poor Quality, Doors, Media

  "Mediasaurus" by Michael Crichton, www.wired.com. April 1, 1993.

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• She had been living like a hermit herself, in a cramped, seedy apartment in Somerville, spending long hours in the lab. All-nighters had become a regular thing. She didn't have any close friends, didn't go out on dates, didn't even go to the movies by herself. She had sacrificed a normal life in order to get a PhD, and become a scientist.

  Michael Crichton

  Order, Long, Labs

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• At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person’s job.

  Michael Crichton

  Jobs, Writing, Young

  Michael Crichton (2002). “Prey”

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• Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves.

  Michael Crichton

  Stress, Men, Fool

  Michael Crichton (2012). “The Andromeda Strain”, p.224, Vintage

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