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" What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed. "

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" The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. "

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" I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy. "

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