If You Want To Build A Ship, Don't Drum Up People Together To Collect Wood And Don't Assign Them Tasks And Work, But Rather Teach Them To Long For The Endless Immensity Of The Sea.

If You Want To Build A Ship, Don't Drum Up People Together To Collect Wood And Don't Assign Them Tasks And Work, But Rather Teach Them To Long For The Endless Immensity Of The Sea.

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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood
and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea.
-- Antoine de Saint Exupery

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