"Crises don't burn themselves out,". "Crises this severe don't burn themselves out.

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With his yearly stadium runs, Mr. Chesney defies one of the first rules of touring don't burn out the audience.

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Don't burn yourself out.

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Now they don't, either because they burn themselves out - it's so much more work at the top than it used to be - or they get offers they can't refuse, because Washington is full of advocacy and law firms and other things that they're attracted to.

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