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 On Life
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+<p>
+"The American story is, really, just enough of us did just enough of the
+right thing at the right moment to push us forward."
+<br> -- Jon Meacham</p>
+
 <p>
 "In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet.  We 
 spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate.  If 
@@ -47,6 +52,20 @@ and talks about the things. It's impossible to learn very much by simply
 sitting in a lecture, or even by simply doing problems that are assigned."
 <br>-- Richard Feynman, in his preface to the printed Lectures on Physics
 
+<p>
+"If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed
+on, it would never be created exactly that way again.  There might be some
+other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense.  If all of science
+were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure
+it all out again."
+<br>-- Penn Jillette
+
+<p>
+"A pessimist sees a dark tunnel.  An optimist sees light at the end of the
+tunnel.  A realist sees a train coming.  The train's engineer sees three 
+idiots standing on the track..."
+<br>-- Unknown
+
 <p>
 "For every vision, there is an equal and opposite revision."
 <br>-- "Thal's Law", which I first heard quoted by Lyle Johnson
@@ -66,6 +85,10 @@ commit resources, or nothing new will ever be created."
 "Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence."
 <br>-- Will Henry
 
+<p>
+"Have more than you show, speak less than you know."
+<br>-- William Shakespeare
+
 <p>
 "Kids are more nimble than wise..."
 <br>-- Nancy Gibbs, in a Time opinion piece