What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had …

Mark Twain
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What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it. . . . The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. . . . When we talk about the great workers of the world we really mean the great players of the world. ✨ Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews, p.517, University of Alabama Press
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