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“Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice.”
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Gautam Baid
“Researchers published a study in 2014 that revealed that approximately a quarter of women and two-thirds of men chose electric shocks over spending time alone with their own thoughts.”
Gautam Baid, The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated

“We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure all your life.”
John W. Gardner

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