"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Time, Life, Purpose, Being

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"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

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