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“Our work may be important, but we don't take it too seriously. Otherwise, we get attached to one relatively small thing and ignore the rest of life.” quote by Bernie Glassman — Download Open image

“Our work may be important, but we don't take it too seriously. Otherwise, we get attached to one relatively small thing and ignore the rest of life.”

Bernie Glassman

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An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously.

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