“If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.”

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American writer and lecturer 1888–1955

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“…when you get a good night's sleep and wake up ready to produce throughout the day.”

Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 59

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