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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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Mario Molina Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
So achievement, to me, is something that just comes with this attitude of doing your work the best you can in a passionate way. It’s not something that you have to expect. It’s something that’s a consequence of what you do, but it’s certainly important.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Sun Valley, Idaho, 29 June 1996 source ↗

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