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06 June 2008
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:46:56 GMTThe Cobweb
Stephenson again. Wonderful again.
“That’s good. People go into the government thin with these romantic ideas—just like you, a few weeks ago, when you filled out that job application. Then they encounter the reality and become cynical and jaded. Most of them quit at that point, which is the rational thing to do. Bit some of us stay on. Why would anyone stay on even after he had become cynical and jaded?”
“I can’t guess. Maybe to pay the mortgage?”
“That’s part of it,” Hennesey said. “But the real reason is character defects.” 320
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