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The bigger they come, the harder they fall

  1. The more powerful and successful people are, the more they suffer when they experience defeat and disaster.



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The bigger they come, the harder they fall—and Big Tech fell hard this past week.

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But sometimes the bigger they come, the harder they fall — and in its initial showings at the Venice and Telluride film festivals, the hotly anticipated “Bardo” has gotten off to a rather rough start.

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It’s a reminder that, the bigger they come, the harder they fall.

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The bigger they come, the harder they fall.

"The bigger they come, the harder they fall," he said.

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