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Karl Lagerfeld

You have to like the present if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.

Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld is saying that if you don’t appreciate your current situation, your experience of life becomes less genuine because you’re living through memories or hopes instead of reality. This means focusing too much on the past or future can make your present feel less valuable and less real.

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