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No one travelling on a business trip would be missed if he failed to arrive.


Thorstein Veblen

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ANNA KOURNIKOVA I should've suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive.
FRANK HERBERT He was a true Angel if there ever was one. He will be missed. It didn't have to happen this way.
CLIFF EDWARDS The person travelling at the fastest pace does not always arrive at their destination first.
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