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Quotation: "If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."
Variations: "If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done."
Earliest known appearance in print: 2004[1]
Earliest known appearance in print, attributed to Thomas Jefferson: 2012[2]
Comments: This quotation has not been found in any of the writings of Thomas Jefferson.
- Anna Berkes, 2/4/13
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