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• Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else.
• Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else. Anon.
• Quote #95 Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
  -- Olivier Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again....
• You were expecting someone else? -- Sixth Doctor, Caves of Androzani
• Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Dan Stanford
• Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
• You Were Expecting Maybe Bugs Bunny?