If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it. - Paulo Coelho

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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it. - Neem Karoli Baba quotes