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Happy nations have no history. history is the study of mankind's misfortune.
-Raymond Queneau
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Happy Nations Have No History. History Is

Raymond Queneau
Happy nations have no history. history is the study of mankind's misfortune.
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So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. i'm not happy. i don't know what's wrong. if i just had another job, i could be happy. if i just get married, i would be happy. well if i just wasn't married, i would be happy. well, if i just had some kids, i'll be happy. i'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. if i had a bigger house, i would be happy. well, i got a big house. now if i just had a maid to clean, i'd be happy. well, now if i just had a maid i could get along with better, i'd be happy.
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What the world needs today is a definite, spiritual mobilization of the nations who believe in god against this tide of red agnosticism. it needs a moral mobilization against the hideous ideas of the police state and human slavery. i suggest that the united nations should be reorganized without the communist nations in it. it is a proposal based solely upon moral, spiritual and defense foundations. it is a proposal to redeem the concept of the united nations to the high purpose for which it was created. it is a proposal for moral and spiritual cooperation of god-fearing free nations. and in rejecting an atheistic other world, i am confident that the almighty god will be with us.
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A problem with school is that you often become what you study. if you study, let say cooking, you become a chef. if you study law, you become an attorney, and a study of auto mechanics makes you mechanics. the mistake in becoming what you study is that, too many people forget to mind their own business. they spend their lives minding someone else's business and making that person rich
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What a misfortune to be a woman! and yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.
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Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. and in all misfortune is good fortune. it's never going to stay the same as long you are in the world or unless you die while you are alive and become an enlightened zen master. but those people don't exist. when you study their lives, you find that they had the same struggles as the rest of us. it's not so much about being able to always have calm. calmness isn't just the absence of noise or troubles. it's being able to find calm within yourself when other stuff is going on.
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