If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become s…

Russell Banks
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If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work. ✨ Interview with Robert I. Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. January 18, 2005.
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If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work. ✨ Interview with Robert I. Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. January 18, 2005.

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