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title: "2 Brain Sense Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“Frying-Pan Jack and I were in that camp, that's where he said to me, he'd been tramping since 1927, 'I told myself in '27, if I cannot dictate the conditions of my labor, I will henceforth cease to work.' You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/frying-pan-jack-and-i-were-in-that-camp-that-s-where-he-said-to-me-he/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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> [But if it’s true that the only true life I had was the life of my brain, what sense does it make to hand that brain to somebody for eight hours a day for their particular use on the presumption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/but-if-it-s-true-that-the-only-true-life-i-had-was-the-life-of-my/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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