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Irving Kristol Quotes: Being frustrated is disagreeable but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.
         

Being frustrated is disagreeable but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.


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Being frustrated is disagreeable but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.
         



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