"Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough."

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Source : Twitter post from Mar 04, 2015

Alain de Botton

#Years Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Enough Quotes

“I can't be someone I'm not. I try to be a warrior on the court, but where I come from, being macho doesn't get you anywhere.”
“As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent.”
“San Francisco is the only city in America where ***** is legal but plastic bags are not.”
“Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.”

Source : "How Do You Make An Elderly Worm Feel Young Again?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. May 22, 2015.
“The aim ... is to provide a clear and rigorous basis for determining when a causal ordering can be said to hold between two variables or groups of variables in a model . . . . The concepts refer to a model-a system of equations-and not to the 'real' world the model purports to describe.”
“I do think it was fantastic to have a kid young. My friends now are all panicking if they haven't found somebody to have kids with. It was never like that for me because I already had the kid!”
“In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare.”
“I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack;The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back.”

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