There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter. - Duke Ellington [Edward Kennedy Ellington] (1899 - 1974)
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心配事には二種類ある――なんとかできることとどうしようもないことだ。後者に時間を費やすな。 - デューク・エリントン［エドワード・ケネディ・エリントン］ (1899 - 1974)
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