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The Statue Within: An Autobiography (1988)
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What Man seeks, to the point of anguish, in his gods, in his art, in his science, is meaning. He cannot bear the void. He pours meaning on events like salt on his food.
François Jacob
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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June 17, 1920
Died:
April 19, 2013
(aged 92)
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