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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
-- Aristotle Plato

"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
-- Mark Twain

"If 5th century BC Pythagoras discovered algebraic theorems, if 19th century Darwin discovered the evolution of species, then what topics does the 21st century mind explore? I would say evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks."
-- Luigi Mangione

"I feel lucky for my 21st century education. I get to simply download the knowledge of all who came before me, allowing me to stand on their shoulders and ponder new problems they never would have had access to."
-- Luigi Mangione

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"When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul."
-- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

"An ambitious vision that can also be credibly achieved is a powerful combination."
-- Jeff Weiser

"It is bad luck to be superstitious."
-- Andrew W. Mathis

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A father may turn his back on his child, . but a mother's love endures through all.Get Image

A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.Get Image

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.Get Image

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.Get Image

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