“But that's the real world for you -- it runs on a train made of money, on tracks made of paperwork and fueled by bureaucracy. And I'm sure that, when we finally get around to knocking down the pyramids, it'll be based on sound, pragmatic economic advice.”

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“The picture in my stolen [passport] wasn't half bad, but in the new one I look like a penis with an old person's face drawn on it… This was the new me, post-theft— all my youthful optimism gone, filched by some drug addict in Hawaii.”

—In this week’s issue, David Sedaris reflects on the time his passport was stolen while on vacation, and the bureaucratic troubles that ensued (subscription required): http://nyr.kr/ZfFFmb

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“Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.”

—Javier Pascual

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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“But that's the real world for you -- it runs on a train made of money, on tracks made of paperwork and fueled by bureaucracy. And I'm sure that, when we finally get around to knocking down the pyramids, it'll be based on sound, pragmatic economic advice.”

“The picture in my stolen [passport] wasn't half bad, but in the new one I look like a penis with an old person's face drawn on it… This was the new me, post-theft— all my youthful optimism gone, filched by some drug addict in Hawaii.”

“Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.”

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

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Follow the world’s creators.

“But that's the real world for you -- it runs on a train made of money, on tracks made of paperwork and fueled by bureaucracy. And I'm sure that, when we finally get around to knocking down the pyramids, it'll be based on sound, pragmatic economic advice.”

“The picture in my stolen [passport] wasn't half bad, but in the new one I look like a penis with an old person's face drawn on it… This was the new me, post-theft— all my youthful optimism gone, filched by some drug addict in Hawaii.”

“Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.”

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“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”