A snapped thin blue thread lies beside a braided blue cord holding up a net with a slice of watermelon, on a pale grey background.

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Helen Keller

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Teamwork gets a simple two-part sentence. On our own, we can accomplish very little, but joined with others the possible grows enormously. The balance of 'so little' against 'so much' makes the contrast easy to remember and hard to shrug off.

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