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Accidents Quote by Theodore Levitt

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“Nothing drives progress like the imagination. The idea precedes the deed. The only exceptions are accidents and natural selection.”

Theodore Levitt

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Experience comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done badly.

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