A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature …

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A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. ✨ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) act 2. Cf. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1979) 403:27
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A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. ✨ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) act 2. Cf. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1979) 403:27

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