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Fred Harwood <[log in to unmask]>
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Seems very widely attributed. Anyone?


On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Terry Ballard wrote:

> We were driving home on Monday when we heard that lovable lizard on the
> radio say "Mark Twain said that the secret to success is making your
> vocation your vacation." We looked at each other - "CLINK." Most Twain
> misquotes at least sound like him. I dutifully checked it out in Google
> Books, and found about 3 dozen hits. When limited to books published before
> 1920, that goes down to zero. Mark Twain never said that.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Terry Ballard
> Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems
> The New York Law School
> 185 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10013
> 212-431-2106
> http://www.terryballard.org
> Author of the forthcoming book "Google this"
> http://googlethisforlibraries.com
> 
> "My memory has a mind of its own."

Fred Harwood
Linwood Cottage
Sheffield

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