“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
Variant: A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
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American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941
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