Wealth has nothing to do with it.

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Wealth has nothing to do with it.

ER — 3/26/2009 4:31:35 PM (archived)

I've never needed more than I required to live securely, or wanted more than I desired to live comfortably. As for luxury, I confess I enjoy it as much as the next man, but it is not essential to my self-respect or my happiness.

What I do regret is the collective waste and the missed opportunities. The phrase "if we can go to the moon we should be able to [insert goal of your choice here here]" isn't just a figure of speech. It is proof we are doing something very wrong.

Success is an illusion; skill, no one but I can provide; and good looks I have already been blessed with abundantly.

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A change of environment - McFly - 3/25/2009 12:46:37 AM
- Humanity is part of the environment - FrankC - 3/26/2009 5:36:57 PM
  - Some interesting thoughts, Frank...thanks - McFly - 3/27/2009 2:07:41 AM
    - living in vs with - FrankC - 3/27/2009 4:09:04 AM
  - In fact we are the only part that matters - FrankC - 3/26/2009 8:23:08 PM
- A while back - podrock - 3/25/2009 1:27:30 AM
  - "...a different landscape..." - McFly - 3/25/2009 6:20:54 AM
    - re: "...a different landscape..." - TB - 3/25/2009 2:56:31 PM
      - Why I Recommend the Film. - podrock - 3/27/2009 3:19:33 AM
      - Tail gunner TB... - ER - 3/25/2009 10:23:44 PM
      - Dismissed, just like that? - McFly - 3/25/2009 10:01:07 PM
        
        Not dismissed. - TB - 3/25/2009 10:36:31 PM
        
        "57 channels and there's nothing on." - ER - 3/26/2009 12:37:54 AM
        
        Call me Baltar :) - REB - 3/26/2009 1:24:26 PM
        
        re: Call me Baltar :) - TB - 3/26/2009 5:48:11 PM
        
        You're really missing the point - McFly - 3/27/2009 2:14:09 AM
        
        "Unable to see it?" I've been hearing it all my life. - TB - 3/27/2009 4:56:08 AM
        
        Ah! A Discussion! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2009 7:44:52 AM
        
        Populuxe. - ER - 3/26/2009 9:59:56 AM
        
        re: Populuxe. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:43:59 PM
        
        "Who provides "luxury goods"?" - ER - 3/26/2009 4:55:12 PM
        
        Have you seen the movie Brazil - REB - 3/26/2009 1:31:10 PM
        
        "Brazil" did a great job of describing the present. - ER - 3/26/2009 2:35:01 PM
        
        I don't quite follow you. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:21:59 AM
        
        Sour grapes? Moi? - ER - 3/26/2009 9:40:03 AM
        
        Sour grapes has an exact meaning. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:40:25 PM
        
        Wealth has nothing to do with it. - ER - 3/26/2009 4:31:35 PM
        
        "Waste" is subjective. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:47:12 PM
        
        re: "Waste" is not 10 brands of identical cereal on the shelf. - ER - 3/26/2009 5:12:37 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 3/26/2009 4:48:10 PM
        
        re: P.S. - ER - 3/26/2009 5:03:11 PM

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