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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham LincolnAbout author
- Author's profession: President, Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 12, 1809
- Died: April 15, 1865
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Ah, Hah! But you see, Baron, I know as a Mentat when you will send the executioner. You will hold back just so long as I am useful. To move sooner would be wasteful and I'm yet of much use. I know what it is you learned from that lovely Dune planet - waste not? True, Baron?
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