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Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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- Garrison Keillor
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- Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Garrison Keillor: documented activity in 1969. Wikidata Q183031, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183031 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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