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There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience.

There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience.

Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary

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Ziad K. Abdelnour
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Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary
Approximate historical context for attribution to Ziad K. Abdelnour, based on documented writing activity in 2012. Wiley credits Ziad K. Abdelnour and Wesley Whittaker and records first online publication on 2 January 2012. This establishes publication activity, not the composition date of unrelated quotations. Source: Wiley Online Library: Economic Warfare, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203131 (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203131 (accessed 2026-10-09).
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