The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

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In order to write about life first you must live it.

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The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

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You must be prepared to work always without applause.

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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

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We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.

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The telephone and visitors are the work destroyers.

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Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be

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Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong.

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We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

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