Mother Teresa's Math

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Mother Teresa's Math

When faced with the question about how she could hope to make an impact on Calcutta's 3,000 slums with refugees pouring in daily, Mother Teresa said, "I do not think the way you think. I do not add up. I only subtract from the total dying."

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