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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
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“For Leopardi, unhappy hedonist that he was, what is unknown is always more attractive than what is known; hope and imagination are the only consolations for the disappointments and sorrows of experience. Man therefore projects his desire into infinity and feels pleasure only when he is able to imagine that this pleasure has no end.”
― Six Memos for the Next Millennium
― Six Memos for the Next Millennium
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