Carolina QuotesMaturity is not a matter of age. You have matured when you are no longer concerned with showing how clever you are, and give your full attention to getting the job done right. Many never reach that stage, no matter how old they get.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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- Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
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- 1999
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