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The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.
-Langston Hughes
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The Only Way To Get A Thing

Langston Hughes
The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.
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