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Life Is Short

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Vladimir Nabokov Novelist
Life Is Short

"Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after."

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Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
Life Is Short

"Life is short, and potential studies infinite. We have a much better chance of accomplishing something significant when we follow our passionate interests and work in areas of deepest personal meaning."

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