"Or maybe we just borrow the quip from [[Elwyn Brooks White|E. B. White]], **who was asked to join some prestigious commission. “I must decline,” he said, “for secret reasons.”** "A clerk of [[Sandra Day O’Connor]] once said with reverence, **“Sandra is the only woman I know who doesn’t say sorry. Women would say, ‘Sorry. I can’t do that.’ She would just say, ‘No.’”"** --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]]. [[essentialism]], [[joy-of-missing-out]], **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]