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		By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Confucius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fabrizio Moreira 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Carter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oleg Deripaska 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lady Gaga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naomi Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. D. Hayworth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edan Lepucki 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carine Roitfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Any powerful technology can be abused. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				K. Eric Drexler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It takes one person to give you a big chance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patricia Velasquez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Gilbert 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Several groups have information evaluating seafood sustainability. I wrote the first such guide, and seafood pocket-guides and detailed evaluations of different seafoods are available for download from the group I founded, Blue Ocean Institute. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Safina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can't have. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Redmayne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Would people cheat on climate science? Sure. Because all it is a model into which there are 2,000 variables, and if I want this outcome, I nudge that one up a little and down a little bit, and there you go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aubrey McClendon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Janine di Giovanni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Confucius