The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on do…

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The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it. ✨ Langston Hughes (2002). The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, p.50, University of Missouri Press
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