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Quote by George Santayana
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a th

The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. – George Santayana

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Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana

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I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. – Harriet Tubman

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Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. – Franklin P. Jones

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There is science, logic, reason there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. – Edward Abbey

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Yes, Ive listened to just a few audiobooks – but hope to listen to more. Ive wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating. – Joyce Carol Oates

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When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. Hed use his right hand, so Id have to use my left. – Joe Frazier

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