I Was At The Smithsonian For Twenty Years, And I'm Still At The Smithsonian As A Curator Emeritus, And I Still Plan To Figure Out What That Means For Me At This Point In My Life. - SearchQuotes

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I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.

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