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• Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else.
• Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Dan Stanford
• Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else. Anon.
• You know you should be swimming when . . . You look at a statue of Justice and get disappointed that the scales aren't what and where you wanted them to be.
• Do you know the difference between education and experience?
  Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't....
• You will get what you deserve.