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Persons who insist to themselves that under one set of conditions only can they lead interesting and satisfying lives lay themselves open to bitter disappointments and frustrations.


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It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars.



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No life, if it is properly realized, is without cosmic importance.



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One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well.



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