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Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Edward Butts Lewis was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology.
The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.
We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
It isn't necessary to seek out adventure. Opening to what is around you will produce the most extraordinary experiences.