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“They don’t really want to learn here. Or I think they do, but they have no time to learn what’s being taught. They’re busy trying to learn themselves. That’s probably why they didn’t talk to me. They have their own complicated landscapes, and I don’t fit.”

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Book:The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep

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