A stopped clock is right twice a day, but a clock that has the wrong time and keeps going will never be right. If you get it wrong, quit trying.
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A few of my favorite pessimistic and depressing quotes:
Just know that there’s always someone better at the things you like doing.
You’re not the only one feeling this way - a lot of others are just as emotionally clueless as you are.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch and “no strings attached.”
If you keep trying and failing, sometimes it’s because you can’t do it.
Someone out there hates you for just being you.
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A good one:
“Sometimes, failure is just failure.”
Always applies to those illogically run classes you’ll come across, where there is no standard grading and the explanations of assignments are as clear as mud.
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I actually find these quotes to be oddly encouraging and relieving. Of course, they’re just quotes, so validity is questionable.
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In addition, you need a working and accurate clock to know when the broken one is right, which effectively eliminates the purpose of the stopped clock.
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Not only that, but you need an external reference to know what the time is. This means that it’s possible that even the working clock is wrong.
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