You can't escape history, or ...

You can\'t escape history, or the needs and neuroses you\'ve picked up like layers and layers of tartar on your teeth.... Your every past action and thought have made you what you are.
You can't escape history, or the needs and neuroses you've picked up like layers and layers of tartar on your teeth.... Your every past action and thought have made you what you are.
 Charles R. Johnson

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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