Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.

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• At retirement, switching from “I must” to “I want” leaves me puzzled and uneasy.
• At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy. City Aphorisms, Eleventh Selection, New York (1993).
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• Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
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