What We Worry About
The following quote is attributed to Ann Landers, a famous advice columnist:
At age twenty, we worry about what others think of us. At age forty, we don't care what they think of us. At age sixty, descobrimos que eles nunca estiveram a pensar em nós.we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.
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Aos vinte anos, preocupamo-nos com o que os outros pensam de nós. Aos quarenta anos, não nos importamos com o que pensam de nós. Aos sessenta anos, descobrimos que eles nunca estiveram a pensar em nós.At age twenty, we worry about what others think of us. At age forty, we don't care what they think of us. At age sixty, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.
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👉 Outro: Other🤔 Pensar: To think🧑🤝🧑 Nós: Us, we🤓 Importar-se com: To care about 🔎 Descobrir: To discover❎ Nunca: Never, at all🚻 Estar: To be
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