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Harry Potter, SHANTARAM

If you don't go after what you want,
you'll never have it.
If you don't ask, the answer is always no.
If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place...
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An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"

The eagle answered, "Sure , why not."

So the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested.
All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.