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We rarely consider that we're also formed by the decisions we didn't make, by events that could have happened but didn't, or by our lack of choices, for that matter.
We rarely consider that we're also formed by the decisions we didn't make, by events that could have happened but didn't, or by our lack of choices, for that matter.
Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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- Rabih Alameddine
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- Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rabih Alameddine: documented birth year 1959; activity date not established. Wikidata Q2125041, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2125041 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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