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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes: There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
         

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.


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