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    “Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else’s house to earn money? You’re working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? You’re middle class.”
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    “Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me
    From mine own library with volumes that
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    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)