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A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
Arnold Bennett
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Arnold Bennett
Age: 63 †
Born: 1867
Born: May 27
Died: 1931
Died: March 27
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Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.
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There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.
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