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The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time.

The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Antoine de Saint-Exupery: documented activity in 1926. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2908 (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is antoine-de-saint-exupery; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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