To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.

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To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly. - J. Robert Oppenheimer

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To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly. - Simi quotes