Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery it's a pen that scratches. (Robert Orben)

Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery it's a pen that scratches.

Robert Orben

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