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B. F. Skinner

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

B. F. Skinner

Life

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The author is saying that their life was shaped by external events rather than their own choices or plans. They believe that life unfolds through circumstances that control what happens, rather than through deliberate personal decisions.

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