After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if…

Joseph Brodsky
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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. ✨ Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven (2002). Joseph Brodsky: Conversations, p.93, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. ✨ Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven (2002). Joseph Brodsky: Conversations, p.93, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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