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"Call me easily amused, if you like, but I did like the opening line of this chapter, which was "How do you solve a problem like Korea?"" — May 13, 2026 02:25PM
"Call me easily amused, if you like, but I did like the opening line of this chapter, which was "How do you solve a problem like Korea?"" — May 13, 2026 02:25PM
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“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
“Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.”
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“From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.”
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“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
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