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title: "6 Prevent Things Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/knowing-does-not-always-allow-us-to-prevent-but-at-least-the-things/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [Theory is good; but it doesn't prevent things from existing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-martin-charcot/theory-is-good-but-it-doesn-t-prevent-things-from-existing/)

[Jean-Martin Charcot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-martin-charcot/)

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> [Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-johnson/sometimes-it-s-just-unfortunate-you-get-injured-in-the-game-but-you/)

[Calvin Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-johnson/)

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> [There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/there-s-nothing-like-desire-to-prevent-the-things-one-says-from/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [Prevent the things you have been doing and you are half-way home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-matthias-alexander/prevent-the-things-you-have-been-doing-and-you-are-half-way-home/)

[F. Matthias Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-matthias-alexander/)

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> [“Things will happen that you can’t prevent, things will fall apart that you can’t hold together, but ultimately you’re shaping yourself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-tomblin/things-will-happen-that-you-can-t-prevent-things-will-fall-apart-that/)

[Erik Tomblin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-tomblin/)

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