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		bennesvig on Oct 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Knowing when to quit - an under-rated skill. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." -- W.C. Fields

re_todd on Oct 5, 2011 [–]

Can't remember the source ... "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried."

drivingmenuts on Oct 5, 2011 | [–]

Or just make it so banal on your resume no one will care to check.

"Tamed tigers for a circus" becomes "Shoveled cat poop".

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