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Tip-Off #1 - Good Unhappiness

Tip-Off #1 - Good Unhappiness

Stronger at the broken places

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William Green
Jan 16, 2022
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"No pain, no gain." "You can't get something for nothing." "No Easters without Good Fridays." "90% of inspiration is perspiration." "Let go and let God." Etc.

Tiresome bromides? 

Remember George Orwell's admonition: "Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious . . . To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant s…

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