"I consider myself a pro among pros, but I had to consider the outside possibility that I had made a mistake, " he told reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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Again and again, the truth was confronting me: I was a born townie, and I had made a dreadful mistake in coming here.

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The orchestra broke up laughing, for in five years I had never made a noticeable mistake.

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She recognized that I was devastated because I had made such a huge mistake.

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