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“The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year – and to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 9e7335f55aa54909d206e10385b5f43ea2d31df8c74e930084209903c3fa3861
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