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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Experience. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesira

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

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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. – Ambrose Bierce

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Our subjective experience of time is highly variable. We all know that days can pass like weeks and months can feel like years, and that the opposite can be just as true: A month or year can zoom by in what feels like no time at all. – Joshua Foer

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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I loved the material when I first read it, and the experience of making the film was a great one. So when we came around to complete the trilogy, I just signed on board without even reading the scripts because the experience of the first film was so good. – Keanu Reeves

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At an incredibly divisive point in pop history, Donna Summer managed to create an undeniable across-the-board experience of mass pleasure – after Bad Girls, nobody ever tried claiming disco sucked again. It set the template for what Michael Jackson would do a few months later with Off The Wall. – Rob Sheffield

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Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform. – Jenny McCarthy

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Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge. – Benjamin Jowett

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If people were meant to pop out of bed, we’d all sleep in toasters. – Author unknown, attributed to Jim Davis

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The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender. – Sandra Day OConnor

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