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  • Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude - but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance. That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense.

    "'Plain Old Untrendy Troubles and Emotions'". www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.