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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Aldous Huxley

1950

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Aldous Huxley

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Huxley, Aldous. "Variations on a Philosopher." Themes and Variations. Chatto & Windus/Harper & Brothers, 1950.

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