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If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.
Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
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- Dan Millman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Dan Millman, based on documented activity in 1979. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159127 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1159127 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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