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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 10 Jan 2014

    If you were aware of how much wisdom you don't have in Youth, you'd moan about it just as Old People do of their aging bodies

    8:43 PM - 10 Jan 2014
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      1. Mιтcнell ™ Ⓜ️‏ @kade6767 10 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Youth is wasted on the young anyway

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      2. alex lee‏ @12alexanderlee 11 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson with watching history channel, Smithsonian, or you on you tube they can catch up. we R now the Roman Empire.. the fall of.

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      3. alex lee‏ @12alexanderlee 21 May 2016
        Replying to @12alexanderlee @neiltyson

        There Is nothing wrong with religion if You take people out of it.

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      1. JT Look‏ @plazaskatepark 10 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson @GarlandCat #hahaha don't #moan about my body..yet!But #def moan about #what #i should of #learned! #payattention #listennlearn

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      1. kt‏ @FilterlessFemme 28 Mar 2015
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        @neiltyson No; it gives me something to look forward to-- I have tons more I've yet to learn!!

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      1. Favstar.fm 1000★'s‏ @favstar1000favs 15 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson Congrats on your 1000★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/421864930950660096 …

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      1. kt‏ @FilterlessFemme 6 Feb 2014
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        “@neiltyson: If you were aware of how much wisdom you don't have in Youth, you'd moan about it just as Old People do of their aging bodies”

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      1. Fusion Energy League‏ @FusEnLeague 20 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson "Girls gone wise" doesn't have the same ring to it.

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      1. Princessa‏ @PrNcsSWrldLove 20 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson I have the same belief. I'm far more intelligent & capable now than in my teens/twenties. #Wisdom comes with experience of life!

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      1. The Squash‏ @squashie56 16 Jan 2014
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        “@neiltyson: If you were aware of how much wisdom you don't have in Youth, you'd moan about it just as Old People do of their aging bodies”👏

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      1. Susan  🖖 🧷 🦓 🌹‏ @mooncove 16 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Ah, ignorance was such bliss, wasn't it? ;) (Getting old is no fun--and it happens much too fast. To our bodies, at least.)

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      1. A.L. Jones‏ @laidybug45 15 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson @BrazenBlueZ MmmHmm...My 12yr old son was psyched to see you on cover Parade! He's a brainiac loves astro/theoretical physics.

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      1. Vishek Dewa‏ @VishekDewa 13 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

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      1. Chutoi77‏ @chutoi77 12 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson , youth is truly wasted on the ignorant... And bodily aches on the wise.

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      1. David J Mackey‏ @islandguy7 12 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson clear night, early 1950's, I saw a flash in deep space, max 2 seconds, My location 44-30' N, 74-53' W high in southerly sky

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      1. James Dreger‏ @JD2jr2 12 Jan 2014
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        .@neiltyson don't you worry. I am an expert whiner.

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      1. Lady Zay‏ @pious_lady 12 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson I just saw you on PBS. Awesome special. I appreciate your passion.

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      1. Hanna Hurley‏ @hanna_hurley 12 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson *Youth is wasted on Youth!

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      1. LORI COURTNEY MARIE  📚 🐻 🍀 ❄️ 🏆 🎉 🌎 🌹 🔥 ⭐️‏ @lcoco37 12 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Great cover story in Parade!!!

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      1. Raymond Ackerman‏ @raxerman 11 Jan 2014
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        @neiltyson Oh my aching ignorance

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