The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets m…

Anne Lamott
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The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.
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No is a complete sentence. ✨ Anne Lamott (1994). Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year, Fawcett
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