"Making a mistake is also an achievement."

-- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

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“I'm really not into that super-crazy-colour, smiley-faces-on-the-front-of-your-dress look. That's not my thing. You're not going to see me in pink. Or anything frilly. Or a tutu. Or bows.”

Source : "The close-up". Interview with Simon Chilvers, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2009.
“Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is happening in the drug world, from top to bottom, from policy to how things move on the street.”
“We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside of (in addition to) the general and elementary curriculum, all branches of the classical high school, which are necessary for a true Christian and scientific education, such as: Religion, the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, French and English languages; History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, natural history, Introduction to Philosophy, Music, and Drawing.”
“I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.”
“I have no doubt that in the future, wearable devices like Fitbit will know my blood pressure, hydration levels and blood sugar levels as well. All of this data has the potential to transform modern medicine and create a whole new era of personalized care.”
“Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.”
“Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person.”
“Life is the thing--the song of life-- The eager plow, the thirsty knife!”

Source : Conrad Potter Aiken, “Youth Imperturbable”

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