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> [“Many people have to spend the majority of their lives doing work they don’t care about, for employers who may or may not treat them fairly, and the rest of us live in a world where we know that’s happening—that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mann/many-people-have-to-spend-the-majority-of-their-lives-doing-work-they/)

Mary Mann

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## More by Mary Mann

> [“Tolstoy described boredom as “a desire for desires,” while the working-class Chekhov wrote about it primarily as a desire for escape.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mann/tolstoy-described-boredom-as-a-desire-for-desires-while-the-working/)

Mary Mann

> [“Many people have to spend the majority of their lives doing work they don’t care about, for employers who may or may not treat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mann/many-people-have-to-spend-the-majority-of-their-lives-doing-work-they/)

Mary Mann

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