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Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal

Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. – Edith Wharton

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There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it. – Edith Wharton

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Mirrors
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Edith Wharton
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There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. – Edith Wharton

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Banks / Banking
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Our subjective experience of time is highly variable. We all know that days can pass like weeks and months can feel like years, and that the opposite can be just as true: A month or year can zoom by in what feels like no time at all. – Joshua Foer

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In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayors Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done. – Rashida Jones

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Im not a romantic. In life I didnt have much experience with romance. – Ang Lee

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High school is such a shared experience in North American culture. – Doug Coupland

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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised. – Proverb

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One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, whats more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. – Aldous Huxley

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