Esperanza Spalding

There's nothing wrong with struggle. Anytime I look back at a difficult phase of my life and see what grew out of it - the creative survival tactics - I think that the good is way better than the bad.

American Musician

Marilyn Monroe

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

American Actress

Fidel Castro

The world has not yet reached the point which, in my view, is an essential condition for the survival of our human species: access by all the peoples to the material resources of this planet.

Statesman

Henning Mankell

Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there's also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival.

Swedish Writer

George Lucas

When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.

American Director

Nina Simone

At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.

C. S. Lewis

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

British Writer

Henri Frederic Amiel

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

Swiss Philosopher

J. B. Smoove

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.

American Actor

Gad Saad

In the game of life, survival is only part of the battle.

Canadian Scientist

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe enduring difficult life situations.

Metaphorical Use

Often associated with negative situations where life is at risk.

Negative Situations

Certain phrases, like 'survival skills', are commonly paired with 'survival'.

Collocation Importance

Commonly used in medical scenarios to indicate likelihood of continuing life.

Medical Association

'Survival' suggests there is a challenge to overcome, not just ongoing life.

Chance Implication

Can be combined with time-related words, like 'rate', to show duration.

Temporal Use

Used to indicate something from the past that still exists today.

History Link

In archaeology, it refers to remains or artifacts from the past.

Archaeological Context

Can imply something has lasted longer than expected.

Survival's Length

 The rise in temperature can slow bacteria and help your immune system destroy pathogens. Sleep lets your body channel more energy towards fighting infection. When you stop eating, your liver can take up much of the iron in your blood, and since iron is essential for bacterial survival, that effectively starves them.

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 Many of these exotic sea beasts will never experience sunlight. Some will venture up through the water column to feed, and a few will actually break the waves, reminding us at the surface about the incredible survival skills of the ocean's deepest inhabitants.

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 They also remember and distinguish particular cues that signal danger and can recall important locations long after their last visit. But it's the memories unrelated to survival that are the most fascinating. Elephants remember not only their herd companions

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 in extreme environments where conditions are really pushing them to the brink of survival. Actually, sometimes me too, when I'm trying to follow them too close. But here's the We are the only advanced civilization in the solar system,

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 behind the most important aspect of honeybee the hive. Just like humans, bees need food and shelter to stay alive. The hive is not only the bees' home, but doubles as a place to store their honey. Since it's so central to survival,

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 species that have multiple young competing for parental resources such as food care and affection being a little whiny can seriously improve your odds for survival whether you're born a baby or a puppy

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 The key to survival lay in their own personal sunscreen manufactured beneath the melanin. The type and amount of melanin in your skin determines whether you'll be more or less protected from the sun.

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 and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today.

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 but the economics of desert survival is a numbers game and for the moment at least this communal life is the key to her future each queen now lays her first batch of

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 survival mode organizes communities and empowers girls who will become the leaders of the future from Denver I wrote an email introducing myself and offering my help