We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family… - Mitch Albom

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We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks — we’re involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don’t get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?

Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie · May 6, 2004 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

looking-back truth realization egotism mundane-life wrapped-up

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Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is a sportswriter, novelist, newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, syndicated radio host, and TV commentator.

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Birth Name: Mitchell David Albom

Alternative Names: Mitchell David "Mitch" Albom

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