Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there.
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To pursue your dreams, to have them come true, to have made a difference, to have changed society, to have fought against powerful forces... that's a life well-spent.
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In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.
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I guess I'm the most successful man I know. I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world.
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The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad.
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It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
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