Lewis CarrollNow, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
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In the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” there is a scene where Dorothy Gale is trying to run from the Wicked Witch of the West. She runs as fast as she can, but she keeps failing to outrun the witch. The witch tells her that it takes all the running she can do, to stay in the same place. Dorothy realizes that, if she wants to get somewhere else, she’ll have to run at least two times as fast as that!
Source: Alice Through The Looking Glass
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