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I saw an advertisement to work for a Swedish institute in Karachi in Pakistan. I had just been offered a permanent assignment, teaching in Oulu. But I felt, 'My God, I am not going to stay here forever.' You know why? Because I was following international events.

— Martti Ahtisaari

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Why should you stay in one place and one country if they're not offering you a job? It doesn't make sense!

— Estelle

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.

— William Hurt

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

— Woodrow Wilson

There is no magical reason why I am where I am. And there is absolutely no reason why you can't be where you want to be. If it can happen for me, it can happen for you, too. And it would be a privilege for me to help you get there.

— Robin Roberts

We don't live in a world where any job lasts forever.

— Sebastian Thrun

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here.

— Jules Shear

God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here.

— Joel Osteen

✗Opposing Perspectives

When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.

— Felix Hernandez

Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.

— S. Truett Cathy

Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!

— Tadanobu Asano