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Ernest Hemingway Quotes: The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after.
         

The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after.


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This page presents the quote "The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after.". Author of this quote is Ernest Hemingway. This quote is about writing, work, done, work done,.