"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend to remember."
The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutions” that get rid of the whole problem- at least in their imagination.
Don't make me think.
The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose. You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens.