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" We lost because we told ourselves we lost. "
Leo Tolstoy
Because
Ourselves
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" I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. "
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