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Oh, the Places You'll Go! · 1990
You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you don’t Because, sometimes, you won’t.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The passage builds an extravagant promise of leading and excelling, then openly admits that sometimes this will not happen. The final reversal keeps encouragement alongside the possibility of setbacks.
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