D'oh! I Didn't Know He Said That!
You know that sinking feeling you have when you go to a friend's wedding and you and someone else there are wearing the same dress and shoes? I don't, but friends of mine say it is pretty awful. When there's an effort for clever forethought and pizzazz, it is heartbreaking to realize is is unoriginal. My heart sank like a Malaysian jetliner the other day, on Norman Borlaug's birthday. I was reading about him and reading his most inspiring quotations. " Don’t tell me what can’t be done. Tell me what needs to be done – and let me do it." Certainly inspirational, and defining well the attitude of a midwestern farmer, scientist and humanitarian. With all respect, I apologize to Dr. B for inadvertently stealing his concept... But I can explain! Now imagine the pukey sensation in the guts of a scientist that claims Borlaug as a hero, who has on his own signature line his (?) quotation, "Don't tell me it can't be done, tell m