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You Never Quite Know In Business If What You Are Doing Is The Right Or The Wrong Thing. Unfortunately, By The Time You Know The Answer, Someone Has Beaten You To It And You Are Out Of Business.

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You Never Quite Know

Mark Cuban

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You Never Quite Know In Business If What You Are Doing Is The Right Or The Wrong Thing. Unfortunately, By The Time You Know The Answer, Someone Has Beaten You To It And You Are Out Of Business.

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