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“Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.” — Richard Feynman

Edith Wharton, what a line

"You will find more traitors than colonizers at the root of Africa's suffering."

Man to man

“We must choose between champagne for a few or drinking water for all.” — Thomas Sankara

“Where you sit when you are old shows where you stood in your youth.” - African proverb

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." - Alexander The Great

Book smart gets you the job. Street smart keeps you in it. One reads the rules, the other reads the room. To survive, learn both

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯.” 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago: “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

“One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.” — Paulo Coelho

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Have you noticed, every time you level up, you lose something. A habit, a friendship, a version of yourself, it's not loss, it's you evolving.