"I'd thought my way into this mess. I should be able to think my way out, shouldn't I?"

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“We learn only to ask more questions.”

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Entertainment1954

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— Kim Stanley Robinson

Science1952

#art

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— Ted Cruz

Politics1970

#time

"I should have been happy—I was being paid to be here—but happiness does not respond to that kind of imperative; it is no good telling yourself you should be happy. ."

— Geoff Dyer

Literature1958

#happiness