The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and…

Ernest Hemingway
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The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2002). Death in the Afternoon, p.218, Simon and Schuster
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The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2002). Death in the Afternoon, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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