That stuff you read didn't condition you, you chose it because it was what you wanted to hear.
Quotes from You Can't Do Both — Kingsley Amis
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kingsley Amis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kingsley Amis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.