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Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did.
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"Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did."
— Mary Oliver

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Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did. — Mary Oliver

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Mary Oliver was a Poet from United States (1935–2019).

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Who said "Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they ca…"?
This quote is attributed to Mary Oliver, a Poet from United States.
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Mary Oliver lived from 1935 – 2019.