Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener_ a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.
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The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener_ a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.
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