As the saying goes, it takes all kinds to make the world go around, th…

Bill Bryson
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As the saying goes, it takes all kinds to make the world go around, though perhaps some shouldn't go quite so far around it as others. ✨ Bill Bryson (2001). In a Sunburned Country, Broadway
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As the saying goes, it takes all kinds to make the world go around, though perhaps some shouldn't go quite so far around it as others. ✨ Bill Bryson (2001). In a Sunburned Country, Broadway

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