"My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time"
- Dean Kamen
About this Quote
This quote by Dean Kamen talks to the concept of time being a finite resource. He reveals his worry that he is lacking time and energy, which implies that he is feeling the pressure of time passing rapidly. He also reflects on how he felt thirty years earlier, when he believed that ten years was a very long time. This recommends that he is feeling the effects of aging and the death of time more acutely now than he did in the past. It is a pointer that time is a precious commodity which we need to maximize it while we can. It is likewise a suggestion to appreciate the present minute and to not take time for given.
This quote is written / told by Dean Kamen somewhere between April 5, 1951 and today. He was a famous Inventor from USA.
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"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing"
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"Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy"
