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A red fabric flag hanging on a wall with white text: "WE DO THIS NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY"

We Do This Because We Thought It Was Easy

A red flag parodies JFK's "we choose to go to the Moon" speech, admitting the real reason we take on hard projects is that we assumed they'd be easy.

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A red fabric flag hanging on a wall with white text: "WE DO THIS NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY, BUT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY"

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