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If We Do Not Live Where We Work And When We Work We Are Wasting Our Lives And Our Work Too.
-Wendell Berry
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If We Do Not Live Where We
Wendell Berry
If We Do Not Live Where We Work And When We Work We Are Wasting Our Lives And Our Work Too.
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