A crisis is made by men, who enter into the crisis with their own prejudices, propensities, and predispositions. A crisis is the sum of intuition and blind spots, a blend of facts noted and facts ignored.
― MICHAEL CRICHTON, AUTHOR, BOOK QUOTE FROM THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
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