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"The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S-1 will resolve itself."
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"What if you have all the pieces and the puzzle still doesn't fit?"

"If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all."

"In fiction: we find the predictable boring. In real life: we find the unpredictable terrifying."

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"No matter how deep a study you make. What you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what's going to happen until you do it."

"Probably you are right, probably not... who knows?"

"I really don't know what's the best for you and for all out there."
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