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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesir

Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. – Ambrose Bierce

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The only source of knowledge is experience. – Albert Einstein

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It was a very bizarre experience for me, to get the songs together, go in there, and try to deliver them as I would perhaps in a live setting. But I realized that I couldnt take on that coffeehouse style that I came from and go in there and burn it up. – Jason Mraz

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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience. – Edward de Bono

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I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience what things are funny and not. – Keenen Ivory Wayans

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