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Quote by Upton Sinclair
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his sala

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. – Upton Sinclair

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It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. РAndr̩ Gide, Journals, 26 October 1924

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