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They have lived through ups and downs and they have seen their best-laid plans fall apart.
Art Markman, Ph.D.: You Are Wiser From A Distance Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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"Business plans are useful in a world where analysis gives you control over the future," but in a start-up, even the best-laid business plans often fall short and need to be modified, says Philippe Sommer , director of Darden's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Entrepreneur Contests Take Practical Turn Melissa Korn 2012
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Which proves the old adage about the best-laid plans.
Monica Medina: Destination Wedding: New Jersey Style Monica Medina 2011
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They have lived through ups and downs and they have seen their best-laid plans fall apart.
Art Markman, Ph.D.: You Are Wiser From A Distance Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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They have lived through ups and downs and they have seen their best-laid plans fall apart.
Art Markman, Ph.D.: You Are Wiser From A Distance Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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My awe and a kind of fascination that life could outwit my best-laid plans to avoid it began to be outweighed by practical considerations.
An accidental family 2011
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The leak destroyed the best-laid plans of Argyle's de facto chief executive, Peter Ridsdale, and manager, Peter Reid.
Plymouth Argyle's administration secret is undone by Chinese whispers 2011
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Even the best-laid plans are severely tested by a loss of 66% of resources.
Writing Deadlines - The Missed and the Made at SF Novelists 2010
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In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of societyand the best-laid plans of parents and others.
January 2009 2009
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They have lived through ups and downs and they have seen their best-laid plans fall apart.
Art Markman, Ph.D.: You Are Wiser From A Distance Ph.D. Art Markman 2012
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