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Nadine Stain
(1 Jul 1892 - 20 Nov 1988)
American musician and poet who was credited as Nadine “Stair” when her poem version of 'If I Had My Life To Live Over' was published in Family Circle (1978). It was adapted from an earlier, longer, essay by Don Herold published in Reader’s Digest (1953).
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Science Quotes by Nadine Stain (1 quote)
If I had my life to live over … I would pick more daisies.
— Nadine Stain
Title and last line from poem published with a misspelled last name of “Stair”. This name error is associated with various viral copies around the net. This poem form was published in 'If I Had My Life to Live Over', Family Circle (27 Mar 1978). Reprinted in Byron Crawford, Kentucky Stories (2001), 1, which also details the name confusion. This version is shortened from the previously published prose by Don Herald in Reader’s Digest (Oct 1953).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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