You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought t…

Wallace Stegner
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You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide. ✨ Wallace Stegner (2000). Angle of Repose, p.457, Penguin
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You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide. ✨ Wallace Stegner (2000). Angle of Repose, p.457, Penguin

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