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As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious.

~Adam Hochschild

Topics: Almost Assume Clear Enduring First First World First World War Foresee Generals Hindsight Invariably Lead Made Nations Obvious Painfully Politicians Problems Remarkably Seem Swift Tendency Victory War World World War

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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

~Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Capacity Destroying Earth End Foresee He Lost Man Will

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Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena.

~Andrzej Wajda

Topics: Also Anything Anything Else Became Being Did Else Existed Foresee Great Great Part Incapable Industry Magnitude Military Only Part Phenomena Polish Proved Soviet Superfluous Support Transformed

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My position hasn't changed over the years. Which is that online voting is a very unsafe idea and a very bad idea and something I think no technological breakthrough I can foresee can ever change.

~Avi Rubin

Topics: Bad Bad Idea Breakthrough Change Changed Ever Foresee Idea Online Over Position Something Technological Think Unsafe Very Voting Which Years I Think I Can

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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.

~Barbara Jordan

Topics: Actions All People All Things Condition Consequences Deafness Did Foresee Full Haste Hear Irreversible Made Mistakes Only Our People Raised Temporary Things Voices

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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Bear Deed Evil Foresee Fruit Gods Men Neither Nor Will

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My path has been, I think, a path a lot of women can foresee themselves taking.

~Cathy Engelbert

Topics: Been Foresee Lot Path Taking Themselves Think Women I Think

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The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

~Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Topics: Art Foresee Inevitable Occurrence Statesmanship

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I didn't foresee my career. Things happen.

~Claire Denis

Topics: Career Foresee Happen Things Things Happen

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I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process.

~Claire Denis

Topics: Also Another Approach Character Film Foresee Helps Image Know Like Me Mean Music Part Process See Something Soundtrack Type You

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