When People Ask Me What I Do, Strangers On A Plane, Perhaps, I Tell Them That I Think. Thinking Is Excellent Exercise, As Much As Swimming Or Jogging. - SearchQuotes

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When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.

Tom Glazer

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