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Daily Archives: February 24, 2007

On having something to be excited about

Feb24

We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

– Einstein (from Paul Graham’s quotes page)

Yup!

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