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No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.

Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) American journalist [Arnold Eric Sevareid]
“A New Kind of Leadership,” speech, Conference on Vision Care, Washington, DC (26 Apr 1974)

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The chief cause of problems is solutions.

Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) American journalist [Arnold Eric Sevareid]
“Sevareid’s Law,” CBS News (29 Dec 1970)
 
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The biggest big business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture, refinement and distribution of anxiety.

Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) American journalist [Arnold Eric Sevareid]
This is Eric Sevareid (1964)
 
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