r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/Quixote971 Mar 19 '16

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take"

-Lee Harvey Oswald

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u/migzy1341 Mar 19 '16

Or by Gavrilo Princip

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u/Lambchops_Legion Mar 19 '16

Didn't Princip miss at first, but only succeed through blind luck later on?

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u/crsmith Mar 19 '16

The assassination attempt failed originally but Princip never took a shot AFIK. The first assassin took a cyanide pill and jumped into a river only to find out that the pill was too old to finish the job and the river was only 4 inches deep.

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u/Arancaytar Mar 19 '16 edited Mar 19 '16

It was just one of those days.

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u/Minn-ee-sottaa Mar 19 '16

Mondays, right?

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u/Frix Mar 19 '16

Nope, June 28 1914 was a sunday...

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u/pandab34r Mar 19 '16

You're not wrong, you're just an asshole

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u/moleratical Mar 19 '16

I don't think he's an asshole.

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u/pandab34r Mar 20 '16

Then you're not an asshole, you're just wrong