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“Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list.”

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Elizabeth Bibesco, born on February 26, 1897 and died on April 7, 1945, was a Romanian-born writer known for her unique literary style and profound insights into life. more

“the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on the theory that they should live surrounded by the finest stuff. The Mall of America is built on the premise that we should all be able to afford this stuff. It may be a shallow culture, but it's by-God democratic. Sneer if you dare; this is something new in world history.”

Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You

“We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.”

Years Country Ten Economics Damp Trickle Down Trickle Down Economics

Author:Molly Ivins

“Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us.”

Thinking Government

Author:Molly Ivins

“How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.”

Government Political Party Poverty Mass Illusion Consequence Program Responsible Welfare Convince Someday Political Parties Notorious Alleviate

Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You

Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You

Quote by Elizabeth Bibesco

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