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if the hill will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the hill

If one person will not go to the other, then the other must go to him. — A proverb.

Grandfather won't come to visit us, so we must go and visit him. If the hill won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the hill.

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