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This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
-Elbert Hubbard
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This Will Never Be A Civilized Country

Elbert Hubbard
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
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To walk in money through the night crowd, protected by money, lulled by money, dulled by money, the crowd itself a money, the breath money, no least single object anywhere that is not money. money, money everywhere and still not enough! and then no money, or a little money, or less money, or more money but money always money. and if you have money, or you don't have money, it is the money that counts, and money makes money, but what makes money make money?
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I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times i'll come in for a meeting chewing gum and i'll forget i'm chewing it. then you don't want to swallow it because it stays in your system for seven years or something, so i've asked to throw it away. i've started to wonder if that's why i didn't get certain movies.
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