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Quote by Mark Twain
In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right plac

In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place and the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to make it appear that it has. – Mark Twain

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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. – Mark Twain

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