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Should Thomas Jefferson's Determine Never To Be Idle?

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Thomas Jefferson once said, "Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we were always doing". I believe that Thomas Jefferson was right to say that we accomplish more if we are always doing something because, a body in motion stays in motion and, people who mope around never get anything done. My first reason is that a body in motion stays in motion and a body at rest stays at rest. If people keep moving they wont even notice that the job is getting done as fast as it is until the job is done. Sooner or later if people don't stop and they keep going they will get better at what they are doing and there for they will get faster and be more efficient at the job in hand. My final reason is that people who mope around

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