"A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make."
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"Even the most productive writers are expert dawdlers."
"The American worker is more productive than he's ever been."
"I always have the feeling that I'm sitting around not doing anything with my life. A little Calvinist guilt that I should be more productive."
"Professionals who are prayerful and productive are indispensable!"
"We've got more productive capacity now than we ever have."
"Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get."
"When people come together, they become much more productive."
"It is opposition that makes us productive."
"Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission."