Things Learned From…
Shane Parrish
“The easy conversation today becomes a hard one tomorrow.”
Plato (h/t Daily Dad)
“The best way of training the young is to train yourself at the same time.
Not to admonish them, but to be never seen doing that of which you would admonish them.”
Stephen Fry on author PG Wodehouse
“He taught me something about good nature: it is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.”
Walter Scott Jr., a leading philanthropist in Omaha who recently passed away at 90 years old
“A city is always an unfinished project, so we keep looking for new opportunities to improve Omaha.”
Scott was instrumental in more than $1 billion of facility projects in his hometown, including medical centers, a baseball stadium, basketball arena, and attractions at the Omaha zoo.
A Boston Globe article on 101-year old lobsterwoman Virginia Oliver
“Oliver is meticulous when she measures, tossing back lobsters that are only a hair shorter than the 3.25-inch legal minimum from the eye socket to the rear of the body shell.”
The Globe article is behind a paywall, but here is a CBS Morning News clip featuring Virginia.
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