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organic matter

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organic matter (uncountable)

The residues of dead plants and animals in various stages of decomposition

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You are not special. Your are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else. Chuck Palahniuk

There is a very stunning range of studies... of interstellar organic matter... the cold, dark spaces between the stars are also loaded with organic matter. ...complex organic materials are everywhere. Carl Sagan

Carbonaceous meteorites that fall to the Earth... have several percent to as much as 10 percent of complex organic matter in them. Carl Sagan

This is Phobos... Its mean density is known, and it is consistent with organic matter. Deimos... same story. Carl Sagan

There is one living spirit prevalent over this world, (subject to certain contingencies of organic matter & chiefly heat), which assumes a multitude of forms each having acting principle according to subordinate laws. Charles Darwin

You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world. Chuck Palahniuk

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