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Sydney J. Harris Quotes: We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying
         

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until... we have stopped saying "It got lost " and say "I lost it."


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The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.





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