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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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But when the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface. – Mark Twain

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