When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.
– Native American Saying
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- The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys) – George RR Martin
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