The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for. (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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