What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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That materialistic things will not make you happy.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗

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Terry Pratchett Novelist
It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases – one was Alzheimer's and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer's. There were times when I thought I'd have been much happier not knowing, just accepting that I'd lost brain cells and one day they'd probably grow back or whatever. It is better to know, though, and better for it to be known, because it has got people talking, which I rather think was what I had in mind.

Recorded Written for the Alzheimer's Society in 2008; reprinted by the Observer in the week of his death, The Guardian, 2008 source ↗

Shakin' Stevens Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter
You only get out what you put in. Karma – it all comes round.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2023 source ↗

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