"if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain" meaning in All languages combined

See if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain on Wiktionary

Proverb [English]

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  1. Alternative form of if the mountain won't come to Muhammad Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
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          "text": "But for a recent work trip from his home base of Milan to the small town of Corridonia in the country’s Marche region, Zanini did something out of the ordinary: He brought along a Polaroid camera, and captured what he saw over three days of meetings, fittings and factory visits exclusively with T. (He even took a break for some chocolate.)\n“To extensively travel between workshops and factories is my way of doing my job: As a designer I always seek direct contact and one-to-one exchange of ideas with artisans, pattern-makers and seamstresses,” he says. “In my opinion, fashion is about teamwork, and I believe that the designer shouldn’t live aloof in his or her ivory tower... I always prefer to be on the front line!”[…]\nAncona, 11:30 a.m., Nov. 8: “More travel. It’s an ‘If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain’ kind of thing ...”",
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