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> [A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/a-good-rule-of-thumb-for-many-things-in-life-holds-that-things-take/)

[Lawrence Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-summers/)

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