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“If the president is the head of the American body politic, Congress is its gastrointestinal tract. Its vast and convoluted inner workings may be mysterious and unpleasant, but in the end they excrete a great deal of material whose successful passage is crucial to our nation's survival. This is Congress's duty.”

Ifs May Ends Body Nations President Deals Successful Materials Duty Survival Congress Mysterious Crucial Passages Convoluted

Author:Jon Stewart

“Our generation must fulfill the most noble of duties by ensuring the survival of future generations through the most basic of survival mechanisms - adaptation.”

Generations Duty Survival Noble Mechanism Adaptation Future Generation Our Generation

Author:Leilani Munter

“It turns out that dopamine is a chemical on double duty in the brain. Along with its role in motor commands, it also serves as the main messenger in the reward systems, guiding a person toward food, drink, mates, and all things useful for survival. Because of its role in the reward system, imbalances in dopamine can trigger gambling, overeating, and drug addiction - behaviors that result from a reward system gone awry.”

Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain

“I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.”

Knows Important Pain Speak Felt Walks Share Duty Survival Rain Intense Triumph Speak The Truth

Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde

Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde

“Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.”

May Stories Duty Survival Tests Helping Others

Author:Elie Wiesel