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Paul Fussell Quotes: If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm.
         

If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm.


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