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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

Earl Nightingale

Joshua Foer: Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do

TED2012, February 2012

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Tali Sharot: The Optimism Bias

TED2012, February 2012

"I have the urge to protect myself and not feel sadness…this would be a mistake. Sadness has been misunderstood. Sadness is the soul recognizing change."

M. Night Shyamalan

Matt Cutts: Try Something New for 30 Days

TED2011, March 2011

The West Wing: "100,000 Airplanes"

"Wisdom is experience panko-breaded in perspective."

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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on Apes

TED2004, February 2004

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Arthur Benjamin does “Mathemagic”

TED2005, February 2005

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