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The opioid crisis is, among other things, a parable about the awesome capability of private industry to subvert public institutions.
“Yes, it is you, and I am in love with you and I am going to be frank with you, brutally frank, because when you have an equal you can afford to be frank.”
― A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
― A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West
― The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West
“Drink champagne! It’s advertised in the Tribune as a “health” drink. Drink champagne while listening to Bach and Beethoven. It’s a fine preventative.”
― A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
― A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
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