What Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Churchill, Mark Twain, the Dalai Lama and Other Great Minds Can Still Teach Us Today An Imaginary Dinner Conversation Across Six Centuries About Courage, Curiosity, Success, Wisdom and Living a Meaningful Life Great Minds. One Conversation. Endless Wisdom. "The past has many voices. The wise learn to listen." There is something magical about great ideas. Unlike technology, they never become obsolete. Unlike fashions, they never go out of style. Unlike headlines, they don't expire after twenty-four hours. Five hundred years may separate us from William Shakespeare. More than five centuries have passed since Leonardo da Vinci sketched flying machines and dissected the human body. Winston Churchill guided Britain through humanity's darkest hour. Mark Twain laughed...

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At 96, Clint Eastwood is still making movies. Warren Buffett still shows up. Mick Jagger still performs. What drives some people to keep creating long after traditional retirement age? Perhaps the answer is simpler than we think: there's still music left in them.

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