A Quote by Bill Joy
I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient.
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I'm a good dad and a fair husband and I work quite a bit. That takes up a fair amount of time.
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If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle.
I think to make any relationship work it just takes a tremendous amount of effort and accepting of one another.
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