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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes..."

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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