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― Diggers
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― The Four Loves
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“Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.”
― Moving Pictures
― Moving Pictures
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