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And there is the point exactly, we are all the time blaming difficulties on to something else. our real trouble is that we are too soft to solve the problem.
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And There Is The Point Exactly, We

Charles Kettering
And there is the point exactly, we are all the time blaming difficulties on to something else. our real trouble is that we are too soft to solve the problem.
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