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“Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
— Václav Havel
President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
Vaclav Havel, Disturbing the Peace, Ch. 2 (1986)
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