"Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters……" — Danny Hillis

"Last century, when the beams needed replacing, carpenters used oak trees that had been planted in 1386 when the dining hall was first built. The 14th-century builder had planted the trees in anticipation of the time, hundreds of years in the future, when the beams would need replacing. Did the carpenters plant new trees to replace the beams again a few hundred years from now?"

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she… — Francis Beaumont
Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and in health, in success and… — Dirk Benedict
He who matures early lives in anticipation. — Theodor Adorno
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never… — Josh Billings
What is history but a fable agreed upon? — Napoleon Bonaparte
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. — Hal Borland
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life. — George Burns
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. — Dale Carnegie

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