Source: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“The average person is more interested in their own name than in all the other names in the world put together.”
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), p. 73 (in 1998 edition)
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Trump just said the US has done more coronavirus testing than the rest of the world. Not even close.
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https://www.vox.com/2020/4/21/21230400/trump-coronavirus-briefing-testing-other-countries-combined
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Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p.135
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Source: The Throne of Fire