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Quote of the Day: Money and Happiness

On July 18, 2016July 17, 2016 By chrisbarsantiIn DVD - Film, Omnium Gatherum, WritingLeave a comment

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In London’s pseudo-newspaper The Telegraph last January, for an article on personal finance, the interviewer asked Monty Python’s Eric Idle whether money can make you happy.

His reply:

No, but it can buy you things that do, like holidays and wine.

Quote of the Day: Knowledge vs. Sleep

On June 6, 2016 By chrisbarsantiIn Omnium GatherumLeave a comment

Given the ever-accelerating slide into surreality that is the current election season, one has to wonder whether Otto von Bismarck was right when he opined:

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they’ll sleep at night.

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