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Originally Posted by aklim
The alternative is probably too terrible to bear. It would mean that one has to examine oneself to see what caused one to be in that position. So, I would have to do some deep soul searching to figure out what went wrong. It might mean I have to come to grips with the fact that I am not as rich as Bill Gates because he works harder and, more important, works smarter than I. Forget that. I'd rather say that I am down because the man put me down.
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Ah, you are in great company with your observations, a similar observation of a couple hundred years ago in out recent past comes to my mind
"Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."