“At 100, I have a mind that is superior — thanks to experience — than when I was 20.”

—  Rita Levi-Montalcini

Source: Quoted in Associated Press obituary http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50324234/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UO09q6w1fTp

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