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I'm disappointed in people in general.

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On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work!
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It is just a thing. Whether it is good or bad depends what you do with it. If you don't like what you are doing with it then it is simply a reflection of what you are as an individual, an organisation or a society and that is what you have to fix.
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Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.
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