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Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes: The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.
         

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.


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