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Jens Hjertø

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“intelligent life exists somewhere else than on Earth, would it be similar to the forms we know, or different? Is there intelligent life on Earth?”
― Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

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“Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like. —Anton Chekhov”
― Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

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“As a father, I would try to instill the importance of asking questions, always.”
― Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

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“There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living: there is nothing that is harder to learn.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

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“If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity . . . you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge—a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral. —Arthur Schopenhauer”
― Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

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