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![“Lady Macduff: [To her son] Sirrah, your father's dead: And What will you do now? How will you live? Son: As birds do, mother. Lady Macduff: What, with worms and flies? Son: With what I get, I mean. and so do they” quote by William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/429/william-shakespeare-4_mother_lady-macduff-to-her-son-sirrah-your-fath_2276411.jpg)
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