Henry Paulson quote ✍️

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After I left Treasury, I think in some ways it was harder to sit there and be writing my book... listening to all the criticism.
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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E
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E
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N
Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
Hint 3 another clue
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