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It is much more a lack of fun which batters us than over abundance and indulgence


Raoul Vaneigem

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LOUISE JOHNSON Those that breed gratitude also breed abundance,but ingratitude is the mother of abundant lack.
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Murmur &complain brings lack but gratitude brings abundance.
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DARREN CLARKE I had a lot of fun in Cambodia, much more so in Cambodia than Vietnam.
ED BRADLEY Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
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BILLY SUNDAY The bigger the better; in everything.
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