I've stopped thinking all the time of what happened yesterday. And stopped asking what's going to happen tomorrow. What's happening today, this minute, is what I care about. β¨ Nikos Kazantzakis (1964). Zorba the Greek
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- Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble. β¨ Fictional character: Alexis Zorba. Zorba the Greek, www.imdb.com. 1964.
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