"Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu....

My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't you.
~ Orson Scott Card ~












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