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Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan Quotes: Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure.
         

Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure.


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Increasingly we confused the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of pleasure.
         



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