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> [This is like the gun you shoot at the beginning of the race or the bell that you ring at the beginning of a classroom discussion, .. This is the president saying, 'OK, we're going to get serious about this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-jacoby/this-is-like-the-gun-you-shoot-at-the-beginning-of-the-race-or-the/)

Tamar Jacoby

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## More by Tamar Jacoby

> [This is like the gun you shoot at the beginning of the race or the bell that you ring at the beginning of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-jacoby/this-is-like-the-gun-you-shoot-at-the-beginning-of-the-race-or-the/)

Tamar Jacoby

> [Once upon a time, there was a clear set of choices that people made. Now there are so many choices of how to think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamar-jacoby/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-clear-set-of-choices-that-people-made/)

Tamar Jacoby

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