A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good e…

Alain de Botton
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A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.
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To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity. ✨ The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. Book by Alain de Botton, 2009.
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