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Famous quotes containing the words needle and/or estimating:

    “And so the needle pricked her fingers;
    She fidgeted but didn’t go;
    A faint forgetfulness of reasons
    Kept her with him. Time is slow.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

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