You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most pe…

David Mamet
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You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking. ✨ The Edge. www.imdb.com. 1997.
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