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Tracy Kidder Quotes: You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
         

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.


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