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Abraham Lincoln
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If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.374, Jazzybee Verlag
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If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere. ✨ Abraham Lincoln (2012). The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition), p.374, Jazzybee Verlag

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