If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you.…

J. D. Salinger
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If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry. ✨ J.D. Salinger (1951). The Catcher in the Rye
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If you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry. ✨ J.D. Salinger (1951). The Catcher in the Rye

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