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The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all.
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.
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If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go.
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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
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And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!
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