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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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"The customers will always tell the truth."
-- Noah Kagan

"Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets."
-- Albert Einstein

"You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself."
-- Beryl Markham

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You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

-- Mike Trout

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A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power.

-- Carlos Castaneda

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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

-- Alice Walker

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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

-- Alan Turing

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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.

-- Abraham Joshua Heschel

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