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They keep telling you, when you__e older, you__l have experience__nd that__ supposed to be so great. What would you say about that, sir? Is it really any use, would you say?""What kind of experience?___ell__laces you__e been to, people you__e met. Situations you__e been through already, so you know how to handle them when they come up again. All that stuff that__ supposed to make you wise, in your later years.___et me tell you something, Kenny. For other people, I can__ speak__ut, personally, I haven__ gotten wise on anything. Certainly, I__e been through this and that; and when it happens again, I say to myself, Here it is again. But that doesn__ seem to help me. In my opinion, I, personally, have gotten steadily sillier and sillier and sillier__nd that__ a fact.___o kidding, sir? You can__ mean that! You mean, sillier than when you were young?___uch, much sillier._____l be darned. Then experience is no use at all? You__e saying it might just as well not have happened?___o. I__ not saying that. I only mean, you can__ use it. But if you don__ try to__f you just realize it__ there and you__e got it__hen it can be kind of marvelous.
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They keep telling you, when you__e older, you__l have experience__nd that__ supposed to be so great. What would you say about that, sir? Is it really any use, would you say?""What kind of experience?___ell__laces you__e been to, people you__e met. Situations you__e been through already, so you know how to handle them when they come up again. All that stuff that__ supposed to make you wise, in your later years.___et me tell you something, Kenny. For other people, I can__ speak__ut, personally, I haven__ gotten wise on anything. Certainly, I__e been through this and that; and when it happens again, I say to myself, Here it is again. But that doesn__ seem to help me. In my opinion, I, personally, have gotten steadily sillier and sillier and sillier__nd that__ a fact.___o kidding, sir? You can__ mean that! You mean, sillier than when you were young?___uch, much sillier._____l be darned. Then experience is no use at all? You__e saying it might just as well not have happened?___o. I__ not saying that. I only mean, you can__ use it. But if you don__ try to__f you just realize it__ there and you__e got it__hen it can be kind of marvelous.

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