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It wasn't her dream job, but she did quite enjoy the satisfaction of transforming a messy pile of paperwork into neat rows of figures.


Liane Moriarty

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SAINT PATRICK The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
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SAINT IGNATIUS Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the impe...
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SAINT IGNATIUS Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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