When reality interferes with my life, A Human Strategy by Matt Berry, aphorism 162

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When reality interferes with my life: In the daily transactions between my two economies — the mundane business of life and that of my pleasant dreams — I must have a competent manager in both companies, the object of each is to balance the books at the end of the day.  I also must not permit the one to grasp for “more” than is necessary.  I do not want the one to acquire too much debt with the other ... nor to lend too much.  The one needs the other’s future business.



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