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I wanted us to share the sense that the number of wrong moves far exceeds the number of good moves, to share the frightening instability of the correct decision, to bond in being confounded.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Wrong
Bond
Moving
Frightening
Sense
Moves
Wanted
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Good
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Confounded
Numbers
Exceeds
Share
Instability
Decision
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