“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
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“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“The hope that fuels the pursuit of endless economic growth – that billions of consumers in India & China will one day enjoy the lifestyles of Europeans and Americans – is as absurd & dangerous a fantasy as anything dreamt up by Al-Qaeda. It condemns the global environment to early destruction & looks set to create reservoirs of nihilistic rage & disappointment among hundreds of millions of have-nots – the bitter outcome of the universal triumph of Western Modernity, which turns the revenge of the East into something darkly ambiguous, and all its victories truly Pyrrhic.”
― From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
― From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
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