After the Second World War, central banks around the world could convert the American dollars they held as a part of their foreign exchange reserves into gold by presenting them to the United States of America. The United States had
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“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ”
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“A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
― Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
― Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
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