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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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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience. – Emily Mortimer

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Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what youre selling, then you dont know what youre selling, and its probably not going to be a good experience. – Marissa Mayer

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I have three goddaughters – Im not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children – but I try. – Diane Kruger

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Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didnt know why I would struggle to be that kind of person. – Ethan Hawke

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The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience. – Michael Palin

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Up until now, the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But its almost like society in general considers video games to be something of a nuisance, that they want to toss into the garbage can. – Shigeru Miyamoto

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There is an unseen life that dreams us. It knows our true direction and destiny. We can trust ourselves more than we realize and we need have no fear of change. – John O’Donohue

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