![[A living organism] ... feeds upon negative entropy ... Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of orderliness (= fairly low level of entropy) really consists in continually sucking orderliness from its environment.](/assets/img/quote-photos/a-living-organism-feeds-upon-negative-entropy-thus-the-device-by-which.jpg)
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I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life. David Cross
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He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not. Chris Bohjalian
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I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing, Casey Kasem
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For society, the Internet is wonderful, but for capitalists, it will be a net negative. It will increase efficiency, but lots of things increase efficiency without increasing profits. It is way more likely to make American businesses less profitable than more profitable. This is perfectly obvious, but very little understood. Charlie Munger
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