"Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before."
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"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."
"What war has always been is a puberty ceremony. It's a very rough one, but you went away a boy and came back a man, maybe with an eye missing or whatever but godammit you were a man and people had to call you a man thereafter."
"We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all."
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things."
"In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day."
"Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business."
"The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery."
"The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth."
"The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes."
"If there is a book you want to read but isn`t written yet,write it."
"When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear."
"That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed."
"I'm albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community."
"When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes."
"I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do."
"I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building."
"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?"
"Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps."
"We hire people who want to make the best things in the world."