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Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in

Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! – Lewis Carroll

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The regular course was Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with; and then the different branches of Arithmetic — Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. – Lewis Carroll

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If everybody minded their own business, the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, the world would go round a deal faster than it does. – Lewis Carroll

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