“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

— Paulo Coelho , book The Alchemist

Source: The Alchemist

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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