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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
\n — Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler. — Albert Einstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/08\/20\/quote_born_with_tragedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":67,"position":0},"title":"Quote – Born with Tragedy","author":"Brian","date":"20 August 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. 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