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Article: Commentary
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- Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- May 13, 2001
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Money can't buy happiness.
Right.
This needlepoint bromide surely comes from the same people who would have us believe a smile should be our umbrella and love conquers all and things will look better in the morning -- all fine mottoes if you happen to live inside a Doris Day movie.
Not that I don't cling to these subversive bits of folk wisdom myself when crisis strikes.
I can fool myself into believing just about any comforting lie for short periods of time, which has saved me a substantial sum in liquor bills. (This is the advantage in having a brain like a golden retriever; it holds no grudges.
No matter how many dead ends I have led it into, no matter how little exercise I give it, ...
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