“- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do!- Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow.”

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein - “- I'm so busy doing what I must do...” 1

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