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- no.11
- No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. –Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)
- no.10
- I was surrounded by people who believe "life's messy, love it". I'm more like "life's messy, clean it up, organise it, and put it into a bento box". Brené Brown, author, lecturer (1965–)
- no.9
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. –Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180)
- no.8
- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. –Douglas Adams, author (1952–2001)
- no.7
- When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. –W.S. Gilbert, dramatist, librettist, poet, illustrator (1836–1911)
- no.6
- Art is whatever you can get away with. –John Cage, composer (1912–1992)
- no.5
- My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. –Mike Myers, writer, actor (1963– )
- no.4
- What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. –Edgar Degas, artist (1834–1917)
- no.3
- Happiness is good health and a bad memory. –Ingrid Bergman, actor (1915–1982)
- no.2
- The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down. –T. S. Eliot, poet (1888–1965)
- no.1
- Isaac Newton said that scientists see further by standing on the shoulders of giants. So it's vital to know whose shoulders we can trust. And we should definitely avoid giants whose shoulders have been photoshopped. -Elizabeth Bik, science-integrity advocate (1966– )