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ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Now Denial:
To tell oneself that the only time worth living in is the past and
that the only time that may ever be interesting again is the future.
-- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture"