Failure Quote by Burton Richter

“Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood.”

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Failure Hard Mistake Obsolescence Sometimes Stagnation Starving Time Understood

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