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The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Age: 97 †
Born: 1908
Born: October 15
Died: 2006
Died: April 29
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A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the needs of the industrial system.
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There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.
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