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Because, as we all know, it__ easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it__ also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we__e not so sure about._ _ John Cleese
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Because, as we all know, it__ easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it__ also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we__e not so sure about._ _ John Cleese

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