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“The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.”
― Einstein’s Dreams
― Einstein’s Dreams
“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.”
― Steve Jobs
― Steve Jobs
“Our moods change constantly and thus our ideas about the past change with them. As for the future, it remains unwritten. Anything can happen, and often we are wrong. The best we can do with the future is prepare and savor the possibilities of what can be done in the present.”
― Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life
― Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life
“Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.”
― Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
― Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
“I am quite sure ... I have no race prejudice, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being—this is enough for me; he can’t be any worse.”
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