Sometimes the faster it gets,
the less you need to know,
but you gotta remember
the smarter it gets,
the further it's gonna go
when you blow at high dough....
"Blow at High Dough," The Tragically Hip
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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