Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is …

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Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love. ✨ Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait, Doubleday Books
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Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love. ✨ Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait, Doubleday Books

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