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"In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well."
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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

"Love by the sweat of thy brow.Not through whispered words of hollow sound or lofty dreams ne'er substance bound that more than oft do run aground. Nay, love with mighty, blistered hands that turn the soil and carve the land. A bearer of toil and golden band. Be strong! A founder of the feast! Protective knight who slays the beast! For promises and vows aloud are naught but wispy veneer shroud like cobwebs, frail, the airy words and wooing fail. So work, my darling. Toil as proof. Thy loyal heart be drained of youth and yet beat on, incessant sound. Both feet take root within the ground, and service be thy kingly crown.Love by the sweat of thy brow."

"Your life content reduces with employment."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."
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"Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer."

"I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books."

"Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one."

"In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well."
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