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Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.
— Ellen Goodman
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman (born Ellen Holtz on 11 April 1941) is an American journalist and Pulitzer prize winner for Distinguished Commentary (1980).
About Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman (born Ellen Holtz on 11 April 1941) is an American journalist and Pulitzer prize winner for Distinguished Commentary (1980).
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