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title: "2 Just Clinging Quotes by 1 author"
description: "Browse 2 Just Clinging quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Just Clinging sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/nick-hornby-325_actor_it-s-only-just-beginning-to-occur-to-me_995714.jpg"
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> [ “It's only just beginning to occur to me that it's important to have something going on somewhere, at work or at home, otherwise you're just clinging on. \[...\] You need as much ballast as possible to stop you floating away;… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/it-s-only-just-beginning-to-occur-to-me-that-it-s-important-to-have/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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> [“…it's important to have something going on somewhere, at work or at home, otherwise you're just clinging on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/it-s-important-to-have-something-going-on-somewhere-at-work-or-at/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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