They understand that the beginning of wisdom in academia, as in business in general, is choosing what not to do.

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Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.

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All of this produced the handsome, morose man we encounter at the very beginning of "Batman Begins, " when Bruce Wayne, wandering the mountains of Asia in search of wisdom, is approached and temporarily seduced by a vigilante group called the League of Shadows.

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At the beginning of the Obama administration, I had the audacity to hope that the new president would defy conventional wisdom and become a proponent of trade and a good spokesman for its benefits.

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