Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming…

Haruki Murakami
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Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort at all. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, p.42, Random House
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