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I Used To Sit In Class And Listen To The Terms Come Floating Down The Room Like Paper Airplanes.
-John McPhee
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I Used To Sit In Class And
John McPhee
I Used To Sit In Class And Listen To The Terms Come Floating Down The Room Like Paper Airplanes.
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