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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.
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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years. — Stephen Leacock

About Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock was a Economist from Canada (1869–1944).

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This quote is attributed to Stephen Leacock, a Economist from Canada.
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Stephen Leacock lived from 1869 – 1944.
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