Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice. (Agatha Christie)

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

Agatha Christie

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