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Cormac McCarthy Quotes: In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there is no might have been. There never was.
         

In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there is no might have been. There never was.


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This page presents the quote "In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been, but there is no might have been. There never was.". Author of this quote is Cormac McCarthy. This quote is about might have been, groups, all the pretty horses, might, history,.