"It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them.”
“Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.”
“Peace will never be won if men reserve for war their greatest efforts, Peace, too, requires well-directed and sustained sacrificial endeavor. Given that, we can, I believe, achieve the great goal of our foreign policy, that of enabling our people to enjoy in peace the blessings of liberty.”
“There won't be editors in the future with the Internet world, with citizen reporting. That doesn't scare me.”
“Each university should have a Young Scholars' Committee. I became the chairman of this Committee, and immediately it was permitted to have this plan officially adopted.”
“The technical brilliance of Lang Lang and the musical genius to create a masterpiece on the spot.”
“Growing up sucks, doesn't it? I understand why people wouldn't want to get old - but it'd be one thing if we became a culture obsessed with eating right, doing yoga, going to therapy and becoming at one with ourselves. That be great. But we don't do that. We seem to be obsessed with all the wrong ways to stay young.”
“I've been cursed for delving into the mysteries of life. Perhaps death is sacred, and I've profaned it. Oh, what a wonderful vision it was. I dreamed of being the first to give to the world the secret that God is so jealous of, the formula for life. Think of the power, to create a man. And I did, I did it, I created a man. And who knows, in time I could have trained him to do my will. I could have bred a race, I might even have found the secret of eternal life.”

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