Who said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging?
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Who first said a quote that lead to the quote: if you find yourself in a hole stop digging in 1911? Who said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging in 1964? In the UK, who said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging beginning in the 1980s? Who is misattributed with saying if you find yourself in a hole stop digging?
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said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging
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The first law of holes, or the law of holes, is an adage which states that &quot;<b>if you find</b> 
<b>yourself in a hole</b>, <b>stop digging</b>&quot;. Digging a hole makes it deeper and therefore&nbsp;... I did some research on the source of this <b>saying</b>. First, three ... &quot;The most 
important thing to do <b>if you find yourself in a hole</b> is to <b>stop digging</b>.&quot; -- Attributed 
to&nbsp;... Escalation of commitment is a human behavior pattern in which an individual or 
group facing ... time to make the right decision,&quot; or &quot;<b>If you find yourself in a hole</b>, 
<b>stop digging</b>.&quot; ... &quot;Bill Ackman believes WeWork is worth &#39;zero&#39;, report <b>says</b>&quot;. 6 <b>When you find yourself in a hole</b>, <b>stop digging</b>; 7 Protected edit request on 16 ... 
That <b>said</b>, I have little opinion one way or another on this matter, so feel free to&nbsp;... James Edward Baggott (born 2 March 1957) is a British science writer living in 
Reading, Berkshire, England who writes about science, philosophy and science 
history. Baggott is the author of nine books, including Farewell <b>to</b> Reality: How ... 
He went on <b>to say</b> that there are no rules and, <b>when</b> training <b>to</b> be a scientist, no 
one&nbsp;... 1.26 → <b>If you find yourself in a hole</b>, <b>stop digging</b>. ... How could I <b>say</b> no to 
something Animal Farm? öBrambleberry of RiverClan 14:17, 27 February 2013 (
UTC)&nbsp;... <b>If you</b> work backwards to test material to <b>see</b> what it is, you can come to a ... For 
instance, the matter is proverbial - &quot;when in a <b>hole</b>, <b>stop digging</b>&quot;, the hole here ... 
being stuck or trapped, whether or not you <b>have</b> &quot;dug <b>yourself</b> into a hole&quot;. ... Note
, by the way, that Wikipedia&#39;s article, Trench, specifically <b>says</b>: &quot;A trench is a type
&nbsp;... <b>When you</b> are in a <b>hole</b> the first thing is to <b>stop digging</b>. ... Your molding whatever 
I <b>said</b> into a strawman version without addressing a single real argument. ... 
Better yet, <b>get yourself</b> elected to the World Zionist Congress and move a motion
&nbsp;... <b>If I</b> was in a <b>hole</b> that was <b>say</b>, 10ft deep and 4ft wide and only had a shovel could 
... By studying the way the wall reacts to your <b>digging</b>, I <b>think</b> you could carefully ... 
of situation where although you <b>keep</b> raising <b>yourself</b> higher the rate of ascent&nbsp;... Confirmation bias. I see a lot of evidence here of confirmation bias. <b>If you</b> are 
absolutely determined to find sources that <b>say</b> Bernie Sanders&#39;s ... You yourself 
state that you think that sources claim that he is Jewish simply because they are 
lazy. You believe that ... <b>If you find yourself in a hole</b>, <b>stop digging</b>. --Guy Macon (
talk)&nbsp;...
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