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Because any fool knows that to work hard at something you want to accomplish is the only way to be happy. But beyond that it is entirely up to you. You’ve got to do for yourself all the seeking and finding concerned with what you want to do. Anyone but yourself is useless to you there.
Because any fool knows that to work hard at something you want to accomplish is the only way to be happy. But beyond that it is entirely up to you. You’ve got to do for yourself all the seeking and finding concerned with what you want to do. Anyone but yourself is useless to you there.
Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
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- Eugene O'Neill
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- Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Eugene O'Neill, based on documented lifetime 1888 to 1953. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93157 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93157 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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