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Home is where I work and I work everywhere

Attributed to Alfred Nobel
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NobelPrize.org includes this sentence in its Alfred Nobel aphorisms collection. The site gives an authoritative institutional attribution without supplying a manuscript date or English translator for the individual line. Source and attribution evidence ↗

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“Home is where I work and I work everywhere” — Alfred Nobel

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Home is where I work and I work everywhere

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  • NobelPrize.org includes this sentence in its Alfred Nobel aphorisms collection. The site gives an authoritative institutional attribution without supplying a manuscript date or English translator for the individual line. Source and attribution evidence ↗
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