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		rubyron on June 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Selling your company doesn’t make you happy "The grass is always greener where you water it" is my preferred version.

mechanical_fish on June 6, 2012 [–]

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet." -James Oppenheim

(I stole this quote from the chapter titles of The Philosopher Kings, a documentary which I saw on a plane last week:

http://www.philosopherkingsmovie.com/about/about-the-film/

I liked it.)

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