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Ernest Gaines Quotes: Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.
         

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.


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This page presents the quote "Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.". Author of this quote is Ernest Gaines. This quote is about order, sometimes, helping, hurt, one thing,.