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Star Trek TNG (Peak Performance) Picard Quote - It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.
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A very short clip from Star Trek: The Next Generation's 'Peak Performance' in which Picard says it is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. It is a single quotable moment about how outcomes are not fully in your control.
HN uses it as a quip or shorthand to illustrate that randomness and circumstance can decide outcomes regardless of skill.
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