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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
-T. S. Eliot
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I Learn A Great Deal By Merely

T. S. Eliot
I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
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