“I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
“My ambition is handicapped by my laziness.”
— Charles Bukowski, book Factotum
Source: Factotum (1975), Ch. 45, Manny
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