Charles T. MungerTo get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch ofundeserving people.
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Often, we want something so badly that we find a way to get it without deserving it. That’s unfair. The world is not a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people. People who don’t earn what they have deserve even less.
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