Private. And elegant.
We can meet up with others afterwards for an engagement dinner or something but I am not a fan of public engagements for myself. I’m too easily distracted and I wanna be able to focus as best I can and hear every word
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Whatever [the next outbreak] is, we ain’t ready for it. We still have anti-vaxxers running around.”
“I don’t trust scientists. I saw a YouTube video, so I’m not going to take it.” (mocking)
“I don’t want you to ever forget this story.”
“20,000 years ago, we’re in the cave. Do you know what the life expectancy was?”
Shannon Sharpe: “10 years? 15 years?”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “30. Half of everyone born was dead before they were 30.”
Shannon Sharpe: “Wow!!!”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Fast forward to 1840… everyone born in the world was dead by the age of 35. We gained five years of life expectancy. And every one of them ate organic, breathed clean air… Science matters here.”
“We’ve doubled the life expectancy with antibiotics, vaccines, and sanitation. The three biggest forces operating on our longevity. So to come around and say I don’t need vaccines because I’m not getting sick, that’s like saying, why are you using dandruff shampoo? You don’t have dandruff.”
Shannon Sharpe: “Well, I don’t want to get it.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “That’s my point. If you’re successful, people think you don’t need it when that’s what’s creating the ongoing success in the first place.”
this man's legacy is so much more than Disney. SO much.
Show and Tell. Closer than Close. Can You Stop the Rain. If Ever You're in my Arms Again. Feel the Fire. I Wish You Love.
A whole quiet storm LEGEND.
Carl Jung was right when he wrote that if a man does not face his shadow by age 35 he will not improve. He will calcify. His defense will become his personality.
The older you get, the more you realize luck is mostly exposure. If you sit in the same place, have the same routine, talking to the same people, nothing new really happens. You have to tackle the world to succeed. Travel more. Talk to people.
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I really want black people to stop thinking everyone should be business owners. Just because I can make dinner does NOT mean I should open a food truck or restaurant.
everyone please take cancer screenings more seriously
it’s running rampant in our age range so make your doctors appointments and get check ups especially hpv