Appendix:Snowclones/X is not going to Y itself

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X is not going to Y itself

  1. (snowclone) Said to urge someone to do something (Y) to something (X).
    You should write that report, it is not going to write itself.
    The dinner is not going to cook itself.
    Daddy's writing a song, this song ain't goin' write itself - Eminem